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BINOMIAL THEOREM

Example 1:Which of the following represents the binomial theorem for positive integral indices?
A. (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 + 𝑏 𝑛 B. (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑛 = ∑𝑛𝑟=0 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑟)𝑎𝑛−𝑟 𝑏 𝑟

C. (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛+1 + 𝑏 𝑛+1 D. none of these

Example2: Which of the following is the correct binomial coefficient?


𝑛! (𝑛−𝑟)‼ 𝑟!(𝑛−𝑟)! 𝑛!
A. 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑟) = 𝑟!(𝑛−𝑟)! B. (𝑛, 𝑟) = C. (𝑛, 𝑟) = D. (𝑛, 𝑟) =
𝑛!𝑟! 𝑛! 𝑟!

Example3: What is the value of 𝐶(6,2) ?

A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 30

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Example4: Which of the following corresponds to Pascal’s triangles coefficients of the expansion (𝑎 + 𝑏)4

A. 1,3,3,1 B. 1,4,6,4,1 C. 1,5,10,10,5,1 D. 1,2,1

Example5: The expansion ((𝑥 + 𝑎)51 + (𝑥 − 𝑎)51 ) has__________ terms after simplification.

A. 50 B. 52 C. 26 D. none of these

Example6: The total number of terms in the expansion ((𝑥 + 𝑎)100 + (𝑥 − 𝑎)100 ) after simplification
is____________

A. 202 B. 51 C. 50 D. none of these

Example7: Number of terms in the expansion (1 − 2𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )7 are _______

A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17

Example 8. The coefficient of 𝑥 5 in (𝑥 + 3)9 is ___________

A. 𝐶(9,4)32 B. 𝐶(9,4)33 C. 𝐶(9,4)34 D. none of these

Assertion –Reason based questions:


In the following questions a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the
correct answer out of the following choices
a). Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A.
b). Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c). A is true but R is false.
d). A is false but R is true
Example1: Assertion(A) : The sum of the coefficients in the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑛 is 2𝑛
Reason (R ): The binomial coefficients in the expansion of (𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑛 represent the elements in the nth row of
Pascal’s triangle.

Example 2: Assertion (A): in the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑛 , the coefficient of 𝑥 𝑛−𝑘 𝑦 𝑘 is given by 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑘)
𝑛!
Reason( R ): The binomial coefficient 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑘) is equal to 𝑘!(𝑛−𝑘)!

Example 3: Assertion (A) : Pascal’s triangle can be used to find the coefficients in the expansion (𝑎 + 𝑏)5
Reason ( R ): The nth
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Example 4: Assertion( A) : the number of terms I the expansion of {(3𝑥 + 𝑦)8 − (3𝑥 − 𝑦)8 } is 4
𝑛
Reason ( R ) : if n is even, than ((𝑥 + 𝑎)𝑛 − (𝑥 − 𝑎)𝑛 ) has ( ) terms
2

Example 5: Assertion ( A) : the coefficient of the expansions are arranged in an array. This array is called
Pascal’s triangle.
Reason ( R ): There are 11 terms in the expansion {(3𝑥 + 4𝑦)10 + (3𝑥 − 4𝑦)10 }

Short Answer Type Questions:


Example 1: Expand (2𝑥 − 3𝑦)4 by Binomial theorem

Example 3: which is larger 1.01 or 10000

Example 4: using binomial theorem prove that 6𝑛 − 5𝑛 always leaves reminder 1 when divided by 25

Long questions
-1: find the coefficient of 𝑥 5 in the expansion of the product (1 + 2𝑥)6 (1 − 𝑥)7

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Example 2: find (𝑎 + 𝑏)4 − (𝑎 − 𝑏)4. Hence evaluate (√3 + √2) − (√3 − √2)
3 𝑚
Example 3: The sum of coefficients of the 1st three terms of the expansion of (𝑥 − 𝑥 2 ) is 559, where m is a
natural number. Find the number of terms in the expansion.

Example 4: If P be the sum of odd terms and Q that of even terms in the expansion (𝑎 + 𝑏)
Prove that
i. 𝑃2 − 𝑄 2 = (𝑥 2 − 𝑎2 )𝑛
ii. 4𝑃𝑄 = ( 𝑥 + 𝑎)2𝑛 − (𝑥 − 𝑎 )2𝑛

Case Study based question:


1. A bakery sells cookies in packs. Each pack contains either chocolates chips or oatmeal cookies. The
owner wants to find out the different combinations of chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies in a pack of
5 cookies
Question 1: How many different combinations of chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies can be made in a pack
of 5 cookies?

Question 2: What is the probability of having exactly 3 chocolate chip cookies in a pack of 5 cookies?

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Practice Questions:
1. If P be the sum of odd terms and Q that of even terms in the expansion (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑛
Prove that: 2(𝑃2 + 𝑄 2 ) = {(𝑥 + 𝑎)2𝑛 + (𝑥 − 𝑎)2𝑛 }
2. If three successive coefficients in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥)𝑛 are 220, 495 and 792, then find n
3. The coefficients of three consecutive terms in the expansion (1 + 𝑎)𝑛 are in the ratio 1: 7: 42. Find n
4. Expand: (1 − 𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )4
1 5
5. Expand (𝑥 + 𝑥 )
6. Compute: 985
7. Prove that ∑𝑛𝑟=0 3𝑟 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑟) = 4𝑛
8. Find the number of terms in the expansion of ( 1 − 2𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )7
9. Evaluate: 1014

ASSERTION AND REASONING TYPE QUESTIONS

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CASE BASED QUESTIONS:

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