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SHEET-3- BINOMIAL THEOREM

Middle Term(S), Ratio of Consecutive Terms / Coefficients,
1. If nCr–1 = 36, nCr = 84 and nCr + 1 = 126, determine r.

2. If the middle term in the expansion of (x2 + 1/x)n is 924 x6, then find the value of n.

3. Find middle term of

14
 x2 
i) 1 
 2 
9
 a3 
ii)  3a  
 6

4. The two successive terms in the expansion of (1 + x)24 whose coefficients are in the ratio 1 :
4 are:
(A) 3rd and 4th (B) 4th and 5th (C) 5th and 6th (D) 6th and 7th

1.3.5... (2n  1) n n
5. Show that the middle term in the expansion of (1 + x)2n is 2 x , where n is a
n!
positive integer.

6. Show that the coefficient of the middle term of (1 + x)2n is equal to the sum of the
coefficients of the two middle terms of (1 + x)2n – 1.

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ANSWER KEY
SHEET-3- BINOMIAL THEOREM
Middle Term(S), Ratio of Consecutive Terms / Coefficients,
1. r=3
2. Since there I sonly one middle term here, n is even, therefore (n/2 + 1)th term is the middle
term. Hence,
n/2
n  1
Cn / 2 (x 2 )n / 2    924x 6
 x
or xn/2 = x6
or n = 12 (also 12C6 = 924)
429 14
3. i) x
16
189 17 21 19
ii) a , a
8 16
24
C
4. Hint: 24 r  1  r  1  1  4r  4  24  4  r  4
Cr 1 4 24  r 4

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