Expand the following.

(1  4)
1. (a  b)6 2. (2 x  y)5

1 x y
3. ( x  )3 4. (  ) 4
2 3 4

5. Expand (2 x  7)7 in descending powers of x up to the term in x5 .

6. Expand (2 x  3)8 in ascending powers of x up to the term in x 2 .

Express the expansion of each of the following with summation notation. ( 7  8)

x 3
9. Expand (  )9 in descending powers of x up to the 4th term.
3 x

1 6
10. Expand ( 2 x  ) in ascending powers of x up to the constant term.
2x

Express the expansion of each of the following with summation notation. ( 11  14)
11. (5x  4 y)7 12. (6 x  7 y)8

3 11 5
13. ( x  ) 14. (3 x 3  )12
2x x

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15. Write down the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of ( x  3)7 .

1
16. Write down the constant term in the expansion of (3 x  )8 .
x

3
17. Write down the 4th term in the expansion of ( 2 x 2  ) 6 in descending powers of x.
x

18. Find the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of ( x  3)6  (2 x  1)7 .

1 6 1
19. Find the constant term in the expansion of ( x  )  ( x  )8 .
2x 2x

1 10 40
20. It is given that the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of ( x  ) is . Find the value of k.
kx 9

21. It is given that (1  kx)n  1  21x  189x 2  terms involving higher powers of x. If n is a positive integer,
find the values of n and k.

22. It is given that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1  x)n  (1  2 x)n is 105, where n is a positive
integer. Find the value of n.

1
23. Let n be a positive integer. In the expansion of ( x  ) 2 n in descending powers of x, the coefficients of the
x
4th and 6th terms are equal.
(a) Find the value of n.
1
(b) Find the constant term in the expansion of ( x  ) 2 n .
x

x 2
24. Determine whether the expansion of (  2 )9 consists of
3 x
(a) a constant term.
(b) a term in x 2 .
Find each term if it exists.

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25. (a) Expand (1  )3.
2
(b) Expand (2  3x)6 in ascending powers of x up to the term in x 2 .
x
(c) Find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1  )3 (2  3 x) 6 .
2

1 6
26. Find the constant term in the expansion of (1  3x  2 x 2 )(2  ) .
4x

3
27. Find the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (  1) 7 (2  x) 6 .
x

28. (a) Expand (1  3x) n in ascending powers of x up to the term in x 2 , where n is a positive integer.
2
(b) In the expansion of ( x  ) 2 (1  3 x) n , the constant term is 1 004. If n is a positive integer, find the
x
value of n.

29. Let k be a positive integer, Ak be the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1  x)k .

30. (a) By substituting x  1 into the expansion of (1  x)n , show that C0n  C1n  C2n    Cnn  2n .
(b) Find the value of n such that 500  C0n  C1n  C2n    Cnn  1 000.
(c) Show that C02 009  C12 009  C22 009  C32 009    C22009
009
 0.

ab ab
31. Let M  and d  , where a and b are positive numbers and a  b .
2 2
(a) Express a and b in terms of M and d.
a k  bk ab k
(b) Prove that ( ) , where k is a positive integer.
2 2

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