SN Kansagra School

MATH Assignment

Grade: XI Chapter: 13 – Binomial Theorem

1. Write out the expressions of the following:

5 5
 y  2 x
(i) (3x − y ) 4
(ii)  2 x +  (iii)  −  ,x  0
 2  x 2

2. Evaluate : (2 + 5)5 + (2 − 5)5

3. If the first three terms in the expansion of (1 + ax) n in ascending power of x are 1 + 12x + 64x2, find n and a.

4
 y
4. Write down the expansion by the binomial theorem of  3 x −  . By giving x and y suitable values,
 2
deduce the value of ( 29.5) correct to four significant figures.
4

5. Using binomial theorem, evaluate : (999)3

6. Find the coefficient of x5 in the expansion of (1 +2x)6 (1 – x)7

7. If the coefficient of second, third and fourth terms in the expansion of (1 + x)2n are in A.P., show that
2n2 – 9n + 7 = 0.

8. Find the specified term of the expansion in each of the following binomials:
10
 1
7
 x2 4 
(i) Sixth term of  2x − 2  (ii) Middle term of  − 2 
 x   4 x 

12
 x 3
9. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of  −  .
 3 2x 

10. Find the coefficient of

9 11
 b  1
(i) a b in the expansion of  2a − 
6 3
(ii) x in the expansion of  x 2 + 
7
 3  x

11. If the coefficients of x2 and x3 in the expansion of (3 + ax )9 are the same, find the value of a.

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 1
12. Write down the fourth term in the binomial expansion of  px +  . If this term is independent of x,
 x
find the value of n. With this value of n, calculate the value of p given that the fourth term is equal to
5
.
2
11 11
 1  2 1
13. Find the coefficient of x7 in  ax 2 +  and the coefficient of x –7 in  ax +  . If these
 bx  bx
coefficients are equal, find the relation between a and b.
n
 1 1
14. Find the sixth term of the expansion of  y + x 3  , if the binomial coefficient of the third term from
2
 
the end is 45.

15. Show that the coefficient of the middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)2n is the sum of the
coefficients of two middle terms in the expansion of (1 + x)2n -1
n
 1
16. In the expansion of  x 2 + 2  , the coefficient of the fourth term is equal to the coefficient of the
 x 
ninth term. Find n and the sixth term of the expansion.

Answers
4
(2) 1364 (3) 9, (4) 757300 correct to 4 s.f.
3

−84
(5) 997002999 (6) 171 (8) (i) (ii) – 252
x3

55 −1792 9
(9) T5 = (10) (i) (ii) 462 (11)
16 9 7

5 5
n −3 n−6 1
n
(12) C3 p x , n = 6, p = (13) ab =1 (14) 252 y 2 x 3
2

(16) n = 11; T6 = 462x7

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