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CHAPTER-8
(BINOMIAL THEOREM)

Points to be remembered:-
1. If 'n' is a natural no., 'x' & 'a' are any two nos. then (x+a)
n
=
n
C
0
x
n
+
n
C
1

x
(n-1)
a+
n
C
2
x
(n-2)
a
2
+.......+
n
C
r
x
(n-r)
a
r
+.........+
n
C
n
a
n
.
2. General term: T
(r+1)
=
n
C
r
x
(n-r)
a
r

3. Middile terms:
(a) If 'n' is even,there is only one middle term.
Required middle term=T(
(n/2)+1)

(b) If 'n' is odd, there are two middle terms.
Required middle terms are= T
((n+1)/2)
and T
((n+3)/2)

4. (r+1)th term from end in the expansion of (x+a)(r+1beginning in the
expansion of (x+a)^n.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS(1 MARK EACH)
1. Find the 3rd term in the expansion of (2x+3/x
2
)
7

2. Write the general term in the expansion of (3x
2
-1/5x)
8

3. Write the values of
6
C
0
+
6
C
1
+
6
C
2
+......
6
C
6

4. Find the term void of 'x' in the expansion of (x/a +a/x)
12

5. Find the no. of terms in the expansion of (1+x)
12
+ (1-x)
12

6. Find 'n' if the coefficient of 3rd term from the end in the expansion of
(1+x)
n
is 45
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7. Find teh no. of non-zero terms in gthe expansion of (1+3
8. Find the coefficients of x
m
and x
n
in the expansion of (1+x)
(m+n)

9. If p+q=1, then find the value value of
10. If the coefficient of (r+4)
th
& (2r+1)
th
terms in the expansion of (1+x)
18

are equal, find 'r'
11. Find the middle term in the expansion of (x+ 1/x)
6

12. Write the 1st two terms in the expansion of (1+0.01)
10000

13. Using binomial theorem , evaluate (11)
4

14. Find the term containing x
3
in the expansion of (x-2y)
7

15. Find the integral parts of

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (4 MARKS EACH)
1. Simplify (x+y)
6
+ (x-y)
6
and hence evaluate
( 2 + 3)
6
+ (23)
6

2. Using binomial theorem prove that 3
(2n+2)
-8n-9 is divisible by 64 for all
n belongs to N.
3. Find 'a' ,'b' & 'n' if the 1st three terms in the expansion of (a+b)
n
are
729,7290 & 30375
4. If 6
th
, 7
th
, 8
th
& 9
th
terms in the expansion of (x+y)
n
are a,b,c & d then
prove that (b
2
-ac)/(c
2
-bd) =4a/3c
5. Find the coefficient of 'x' in the expansion of (1-2x^3+3x^5)(1+1/x)^8?
6. If the term free from 'x' in the expansion of ( 12x)
10
is
405, find 'k'?
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7. If 'n' is an even positive integer,show that the middle term in the
expansion of (x+1/x)
n
is equal to
n
C
n
/2
8. Prove that the coefficient of x
n
in the expansion of (1+x)
2n
is twice the
coefficient of x
n
in the expansion of (1+x)
(2n-1)

9. If the coefficient of (r-1)th, rth and (r+1)th terms in the expansion of
(1+x)
n
are in the ration 1:3:5 ,find both 'n' & 'r'?
10. If a
1
,a
2
,a
3
& a
4
are the coefficients of any 4 consecutive terms in the
expansion of (1+x)
n
, prove that
(a
1
/(a
1
+a
2
)) +(a
3
/(a
3
+a
4
)) = 2a
2
/(a
2
+a
3
)

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