POLITEKNIK SULTAN IDRIS SHAH MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND COMPUTER DEPARTMENT

B4001 - ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 BINOMIAL EXPANSION DURATION (1 WEEK)

1. Expand the following using Pascal Triangle method: (a) ( x 5 y )5 (b) (2 x 3) 6 (3marks) (3marks)

y 2. By using binomial theorem, expand (2 x )7 in ascending power of x up to and 2

including the term in x 4 (4marks)

3. Expand the following in the ascending powers of x , up to and including the term in

x 3 . State the ranges of values of x for which the expansions are valid.
(a)

1 3 x
1

(5marks) (5marks)

(b) (4 3 x) 2

Prepared by:

Approved by:

_____________________ (Nur Hidayah Binti Moktar)

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