Associate Degree 2024 – 2025 First Semester

CCMA4002 Linear Algebra

Exercise 2

1. Evaluate the following expressions without using a calculator.

7! 11! 3!6! 20!

(a) (b) (c) (d)
3! 8! 4! 17!5!

C34
(e) C 9
8 (f) C 7
2 (g) C  C
8
6
10
0
(h)
C53

2. Simplify the following expressions.

(n  2)! (n  6)! (n  4)! (n  5)!

(a) (b) (c) (d)
n! (n  3)! (n  2)! n(n  1)!

(e) C n2 (f) C nn 1 (g) Cnn 13 (h) C nn 13

3. Expand the following expansions in descending powers of x.

(a) (x  3)7
(b) (3x  4)5
(c) (2 x  7)3
(d) (2  3x)6
4
 3
(e)  5x  
 x

4. Write down the first four terms in the following expansions in ascending powers of x.
10
 x
(a) 1  
 2

(b) (2x  3)8

5. Expand the following expansions in ascending powers of x.

(a) (7x – 6y)5
(b) (1 + 3x – x2)4

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6. Find the 8th term in the expansion of (4 x  3)11 in descending powers of x.

7. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (3  x)8 in descending powers of x.

8. Find the coefficient of x 3 in the expansion of (5  2 x)9 .

9
 1 
9. Find the term independent of x (i.e., the constant term) in the expansion of  3x  2  .
 x 

6
 2
10. In the expansion of  3x   , find
 3x 

(a) the coefficient of x 2 and

(b) the term independent of x.
20
 1 
11. In the expansion of  x 2   in descending powers of x, find the constant term in the expansion
 2 x

and state which term in the expansion is the constant term.

6
 1 
12. Find the constant term in the expansion of x  2x  2  .
3

 x 

8
1  3 1 
13. Find the coefficient of in the expansion of  2  x 3  .
x x 2 

n
 2 a
14.  x   is expanded in descending powers of x, where n and a are positive integers.
 x

If the seventh term is independent of x and is equal to 5376, find the values of n and a.

4
 1 
15. Find the coefficient of x 2
in the expansion of  3  x  (1  x)5 .
 2 

16. Given (1  2x)4 (1  3x)30  1  ax  bx 2  higher powers of x. Find the values of the constants a
and b.

17. (a) Expand (1 + ax)4 (1 – 4x)3 in ascending powers of x up to and including the term containing x2.
(b) Given that the coefficient of x is zero, evaluate the coefficient of x2.

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18. Expand (1  x)n (3  5x)4 in ascending powers of x up to and including the term containing x 2 ,
where n is a positive integer. If the coefficient of x is 54, find the coefficient of x 2 .

19. Given (1  ax  x 2 )5  1  px  q x 2  terms involving higher powers of x.

(a) Express p and q in terms of a.
(b) If q = 95, find the values of a and p.

20. Given (1  x  ax 2 )10  1  10 x  k1x 2  k 2 x 3  higher powers of x.

(a) Express k1 and k 2 in terms of a.
(b) If k1  25 , find the value of a, and hence find the value of k 2 .

21. Find the coefficient of x 20 in the expansion of (1  2x  x 2 )12 .

22. Find the exact values of 10014 , 9994 and 9984 .

23. Expand (1  3x)5 in ascending powers of x. Hence evaluate 0.975 correct to 4 decimal places.

24. By substituting 0.001 for x in the expansion of (1  x)9 , find the value of 2.9979 correct to
three decimal places.

25. Expand the following expansions in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x3.
State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.
(a) (1  x)2
2
 1 
(b) 1  x 
 2 

(c) (1  2x)3
1

(d) 1  3x 
2

1
2

 x
(e)  1  
 3
1
(f) 3
1 x
1

3
(g) (1  2x)

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26. Expand the following expansions in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x3.
State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.
(a) (2  x)2
1

(b) 8  3x 
3

(c) 4  3x 
2

x
27. (a) Expand in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x 4 .
(1  x) 2

State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.

 
n n
(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the sums of the series 
n 1 2
n
and 3
n 1
n
.

7  8x A B
28. (a) Given that   where x  1 and x  2, find the values of A and B.
(1  x )(2  x ) 1  x 2  x
(b) Expand (1 – x)-1 and (2 – x)-1 in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x3.
State, in each case, the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid.
7  8x
(c) Using the results of (a) and (b), obtain the expansion of in ascending
(1  x )(2  x )
powers of x as far as the terms in x3. State the range of values of x for which the expansion
is valid.

1

29. (a) Expand (1  3x) 2
in ascending powers of x up to and including the term in x 3 and
state the set of values of x for which the expansion is valid.
1
(b) Using the result in (a) by substituting x  , find the decimal value of 12 correct to
12
2 decimal places.

1  x 
2
30. Use the expansion of with x = 0.01 to find the decimal value of 11 correct to
4 decimal places.