BINOMIAL EXPANSION THEOREM

Gel Marie C. Lobaton

For any value of n, whether positive, negative, integer or non-integer, the value of the
nth power of a binomial is given by:

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF BINOMIALS:

The expansion is a series (an adding of terms).

The number of terms in each expansion is one more than n. (terms = n + 1).

The power of a starts with an and decreases by one in each successive term
ending with a0. The power of b starts with b0 and increases by one in each
successive term ending with bn.

The power of b is always one less than the "number" of the term. The power
of a is always n minus the power of b.

The coefficients of the first and last terms are each one.

They form a triangle known as Pascal's triangle.

The Binomial Theorem can also be written in its expanded form as:

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