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BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS
1. If |x| < 1 and n is any real number, then
The coefficients nC0, nC1, nC2,..., nCn in the expansion of (a+b)n
n (n 1) 2 n (n 1) ( n 2) 3 are called the binomial coefficients and denoted by C0, C1,
(1–x)n = 1–nx + x x ...
2! 3! C2, ....., Cn respectively
Now
The general term is given by (1 + x)n = nC0x0 + nC1x1 + nC2x2 + ... + nCnxn ..... (i)
Put x = 1.
(1)r n(n 1)(n 2)...(n r 1) r
tr 1 x (1 + 1)n = nC0 + nC1 + nC2 + ... + nCn
r!
? 2n = nC0 + nC1 + nC2 +...+ nCn
2. If n is any real number and |b| < |a|, then ? n
C0 + nC1 + nC2 +...+ nCn = 2n
? C0 + C1 + C2 +...+ Cn = 2n
ª § b ·º
n ? The sum of all binomial coefficients is 2n.
(a b) n «a ¨1 ¸» Put x = –1, in equation (i),
¬ © a ¹¼
(1–1)n = nC0 – nC1 + nC2 – ... + (–1)n nCn
n ? 0 = nC0 – nC1 + nC2 – ... + (–1)n nCn
§ b·
a n ¨1 ¸ ? n
C0 – nC1 + nC2 – nC3 +....+ (–1)n nCn = 0
© a¹
? n
C0 + nC2 + nC4 + ... = nC1 + nC3 + nC5 +...
? C0 + C2 + C4 +... = C1 + C3 + C5 +...
C0, C2, C4, ... are called as even coefficients
C1, C3, C5... are called as odd coefficients
different results. ª § 1 ·º 2
«100 ¨1 ¸»
(iii) Integrating (1 + x)n, we have, ¬ © 100 ¹ ¼
Find the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (iii) Sum of all the coefficients is obtained by putting all
the variables x1 equal to 1.
1 x
if | x | 1
1 x Illustration
SOLVED EXAMPLES
Example – 1 Example – 4
n = 14 n! 3! n 3 3 ! 33
? u
6! n 6 ! n 3 ! 4
14 u13
Now nC2 = 14C2 91
2!
Example – 2 n! 3! 33 n n 1 n 2 33
or . or
n 3 ! 6! 4 6.5.4 4
If 15C3r = 15Cr+3, find r.
which is not possible, since r is an integer. Find the value of the expression 47
C4 6 52 j
C3 .
j 1
or 3r + r + 3 = 15 r = 3.
Hence r = 3.
52 j
Example – 3 Sol. Given expression = 47
C4 6 C3 .
j 1
Prove that 6 Cr 31
r 1
= 47C4 + (51C3 + 50C3 + 49C3 + 48C3 + 47C3)
5! 5! 5! 5! 5!
= 48C4 +48C3 + 49C3 + 50C3 + 51C3; [' 47C4 + 47C3 = 48C4]
1!4! 2!3! 3!2! 4!1! 5!10!
Example – 6 Example – 7
Expand Expand (1 + x + x2)3.
§ 1·
6
Sol. Let y = x + x2. Then,
(i) (2x2 + 3)4 (ii) ¨ 2 x 2 ¸
© x¹ (1 + x + x2)3 = (1 + y)3 = 3C0 + 3C1 y + 3C2 y2 + 3C3 y3
= 1 + 3y + 3y2 + y3 = 1 + 3 (x + x2) + 3 (x + x2)2 + (x + x2)3
Sol. (i) (2x2 + 3)4 =
4
C0 (2x2)4 (3)0 + 4C1 (2x2)3 (3)1 + 4C2 (2x2)2 = 1 + 3 (x + x2) + 3(x2 + 2x3 + x4) + {3C0x3 (x2)0 + 3C1 x3–1 (x2)1
(3)2 + 4C3 (2x2)1 (3)3 + 4C4 (2x2)0 (3)4 + 3C2x3–2 (x2)2 + 3C3 x0 (x2)3}
= 1 + 3 (x + x2) + 3(x2 + 2x3 + x4) + (x3 + 3x4 + 3x5 + x6)
C 0 C 4 1, C1 C3 4½
4 4 4 4
= (1) 16x8 (1) + 4 (8x6) (3) + 6 (4x4) (9) + 4 (2x2) 27 + (1) (1) 81 Prove that ( 5 1) 5 ( 5 1)5 352
= 16x8 + 96x6 + 216x4 + 216x2 + 81
Sol. ( 5 1)5 ( 5 1)5
6 0
§ 2 1· §1·
¨ 2x ¸ C 0 (2 x 2 ) 6 ¨ ¸
6
(ii)
© x¹ ©x¹
ª 5 C0 ( 5 )5 5 C1 ( 5 )4 (1) 5C 2 ( 5 )3 (1) 2 º
« »
§1·
1
§1·
2
« 5C3 ( 5 ) 2 (1) 3 5C 4 ( 5 ) (1) 4 »
(2 x 2 )5 ¨ ¸ 6 C1 6C 2 (2x 2 ) 4 ¨ ¸ « »
©x¹ ©x¹ C5 ( 5 ) (1)
5 0 5
¬ ¼
3
§1·
6
C3 (2x 2 ) 3 ¨ ¸ 6 C 4 ( 2x 2 )1
©x¹ ª 5 C 0 ( 5 ) 5 5 C1 ( 5 ) 4 (1) 5 C 2 ( 5 ) 3 (1) 2 º
« »
« 5 C 3 ( 5 ) 2 (1) 3 5 C 4 ( 5 ) (1) 4 »
4 5 6
§1· 6 2 § 1· 2 0§1· « 5 C 5 ( 5 ) 0 (1) 5 »
¨ ¸ C5 ( 2 x ) ¨ ¸ C 6 (2 x ) ¨ ¸
6
¬ ¼
©x¹ ©x¹ ©x¹
½ ? 5 C 0 5 C5 1; 5C 4 5; ½
° 6 6 6 6 ° ° °
° C0 C6 1, C1 C5 6 ° ®5 5 5 .4 ¾
° 6! 6 u 5u 4! ° ° C 2 C3 10; 5C1 5°
? ® 6 C2 15 ¾ ¯ 2.1 ¿
° 2!4! 2 u 4! °
°6 6! 6 u 5 u 4 u 3! °
° C3 20 °
¯ 3!3! 3u 2u 3! ¿ ª1(25) 5 5 (25) 10 (5 2 ) 10 (5)º
« »
«¬ 5 5 1 »¼
1 1
= (1) 64x12 (1) –(6) (32) x10 × + 15 (16) x8 × 2
x x
ª1(25) 5 5 (25) 10 (5 2 ) 10 (5)º
1 1 « »
– 20 × 8x × 3 + 154 x4 × 4 ¬« ¼»
6
x x 5 5 1
1 1
6( 2 x 2 ) u (1) (1) 6 25 5 125 50 2 50 5 5 1
x5 x
12 1
= 64 x12 – 192x9 + 240x6 – 160x3 + 154 – 25 5 125 50 2 50 5 5 1 = 352
x3 x6
BINOMIAL THEOREM & MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
Example – 9 Example – 12
= (1010 + 107 + 5 × 102) – (5 × 108 + 105 + 1) = nC0 30 + nC1 31 + nC2 32 + .... + nCn 3n
= (1 + 3)n
= 10010000500 – 500100001 = 9509900499
= 4n.
Example – 10
Example – 13
Use the binomial theorem to find the exact value of (10.1)5.
11
Sol. (10.1)5 = (10 + 0.1)5 § 4·
Find the fifith term in the expansion of ¨ x 2 ¸
© x ¹
= 105 + 5C1 104 (.1) + 5C2 103 (.1)2 + 5C3 102 (.1)3
4
+ 5C4 10 (.1)4 + 5C5 (.1)5 Sol. Let, a = x2, b , n 11
x
= 100000 + 5 × 104 (.1) + 10 × (103) (.01) + 10 × 102 (.001)
For fifth term, r = 4
+5 × 10 (.0001) + 0.00001
? tr+1 = nCr an–r . br
= 100000 + 5000 + 100 + 1 + 0.005 + 0.00001 = 105101. 00501
Example – 11 §4·
4
? t5 = 11C4 (x2)11–4 ¨ ¸
Which number is larger, (1.2)4000 or 800 ? ©x ¹
Example – 14 Example – 16
8 Find the middle term (s) in the expansion of
§ 3 ·
Find the third term in the expansion of ¨ 2 x 2 ¸
© 2 x¹ 12 11
§ 1 ·
(i) §¨ x y ·¸ (ii) ¨ x 3 ¸
¨y x¸ © x ¹
3 © ¹
Sol. Let a = 2x2, b ,n 8
2x
For third term, r = 2 x y
tr+1 = nCr an–r br Sol. (i) Let a ,b , n 12
y x
2
8 2 82 § 3 · n is even
C 2 (2 x ) ¨ ¸
© 2x ¹
§ n 2 · § 12 2 · 14
8.7.6 ! 9 ª 8! º ? ¨ ¸ ¨ ¸ 7
( 2 x 2 ) 6 u 2 « 8C 2 » © 2 ¹ © 2 ¹ 2
2!6! 4x ¬ 2!6!¼
7th term is middle term,
8.7 6 12 9
u2 ux u 2 tr+1 = nCr an–r . br
2 4x
= 63 × 64x = 4032x10
10 For 7th term, r = 6
Example – 15
12 6 6
§x· §y·
§ 1·
7 t7 13
C 6 ¨¨ ¸¸ ¨ ¸
Find the middle terms(s) in the expansion of ¨ x 2 ¸ ©y¹ ©x¹
© x¹
6
1 12! § x · § y ·
2
Sol. Let a = x , b = , n = 7 t7 u¨ ¸ u¨ ¸
x 6 !6 ! ¨© y ¸¹ © x ¹
n is odd
11! 24 § 1 · r
t6 x ¨ ¸ 9 9r § 1 · 93r
5! 6! © x15 ¹ t r 1 C r (2) ¨ ¸ x
© 3¹
©x ¹
9! 1 9 u 8 u 7 u 6! 1
u 26 u u 64 u
t7
11! 20 1
x u 18 3!6! 27 3 u 2 u 6! 27
6!5! x
28 u 64 1792
11u10 u 9 u 8 u 7 u 6! 2 9 9
t7 x
6!u 5 u 4 u 3 u 2
1792
t7 = –11 × 3 × 2 × 7 = – 462x2 Constant term independent of x
9
11! 20 1
t7 x u 18
6!5! x 2
(ii) Let a = x, b = , n = 15
x2
11u10 u 9 u 8 u 7 u 6! 2
t7 x tr+1 = nCr an–r . br
6!u 5 u 4 u 3 u 2
r
t7 = –11 × 3 × 2 × 7 = – 462 x2 § 2·
15
tr+1 = Cr (x) 15–r ¨ 2¸
Example – 17 ©x ¹
Find the constant term (term independent of x) in the tr+1 = 15Cr (x)15–r (–2)r x–2r
expansion of
tr+1 = 15Cr (–2)r (x)15–3r
15
9
§ 2 · To get constant term independent of x,
(i) §¨ 2x 2 ·¸
1
(ii) ¨ x 2 ¸
© 3x ¹ © x ¹ x15–3r = x0
15 – 3r = 0 – 3r = – 15 r = 5
1
Sol. Let a = 2x, b ,n 9
3x 2 15!
? 15
C5 ( 2) 5 (32)
5!10!
tr+1 = nCr an–r . br
§ 1 ·
r
15 u14 u13 u12 u11u 10!
t r 1 9
C r ( 2 x )9 r ¨ 2 ¸
15
C5( 2) 5 u 32
© 3x ¹ 5 u 4 u 3 u 2 u 10!
15
r
C5 (–2)5 = – 77×39×32= – 96096
§1·
tr 1 9
Cr (2)9r ¨ ¸ x 2r . x9r Constant term independent of
©3¹
x = – 96096
BINOMIAL THEOREM & MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
Example – 18 Example – 20
9 2 3 15
Find the coefficient of x in (1 + 3x + 3x + x ) .
n
Sol. (1 + 3x + 3x2 + x3)15 = [(1 + x)3]15 = (1 + x)45 § 1·
Find the term independent of x in (1 + x)m ¨ 1 ¸
? Coefficient of x9 in (1 + 3x + 3x2 + x3)15 © x¹
= co-eff. of x9 in (1 + x)45
= 45C9 [Since in the expansion of (1 + x)n, n
§ x 1 ·
n
m § 1· 1 x
m
r n
coefficient of x = Cr] Sol. Given expression 1 x ¨ 1 ¸ ¨ ¸
© x¹ © x ¹
5!
9!36! mn
1 x mn
x n 1 x
Example – 19 xn
n
§ 1·
Given that the 4th term in the expansion of ¨ px ¸ ? Required term independent of x
© x¹
= coefficient of x0 in x–n (1 + x)m+n
5
is find n an p. = coefficient of xn in (1 + x)m+n
2
n mn mn
Sol. Given expansion is §¨ px ¸·
1 Cn
n!m!
© x ¹
1 5 Sol. (1 + 2x)6 = [1 + 6C1 (2x) + 6C2 (2x)2 + 6C3 (2x)3 + 6C4 (2x)4
n
C3 p n 3 x n 3 .
x3 2
+ 6C5 (2x)5 + 6C6 (2x)6] .....(1)
n! 5
.pn 3 x n 6 ...(1) Again, (1 – x)7 = 1 – 7C1 x + 7C2 x2 – 7C3 x3 + 7C4 x4 – 7C5 x5
3! n 3 ! 2
+ 7C6 x6 – 7C7 x7
Since R.H.S. of (1) is independent of x,
= 1 – 7x + 21x2 – 35x3 + 35x4 – 21x5 + 7x6 – x7 .....(2)
therefore n – 6 = 0 ? n = 6.
Now (1 + 2x)6 (1 – x)7
6! 3 5
From 1 .p
3! 3! 2 = (1 + 12x + 60x2 + 160x3 + 240x4 + 192x5 + .....)
3 = 1 × (–21) + 12 × 35 + 60 × (–35)
1 §1· 1
p 3
¨2¸ ?p .
8 © ¹ 2 + 160 × 21 + 240 × (–7) + 192 × 1
Example – 22 Example – 24
If the coefficients of three consecutive terms in the
Show that 24n – 2n (7n + 1) is some multiple of the square of
expansion of (1 + a)n are in the ratio 1 : 7 : 42, find n.
14, where n is a postive integer.
Sol. Let the three consecutive terms in the expansion of (1+a)n
Sol. 24n – 2n (7n + 1) = (16)n – 2n (7n + 1)
be rth, (r + 1)th and (r + 2)th terms respectively.
n n n
= (2 + 14) – 2 . 7n – 2 In the expansion of (1 + a)n,
= (2n + nC1 2n–1 . 14 + nC2 2n–2 . 142 + ... + 14n) – 2n . 7n – 2n coefficient of rth term = nCr–1
n! r! n r ! 1
This is divisible by 142 i.e. by 196 for all positive integral .
r 1 ! n r 1 ! n! 7
value of n.
Example – 23 7r = n – r + 1
n
Using binomial theorem, prove that 6 – 5n always n – 8r = –1 ............ (1)
leaves the remainder 1 when divided by 25 for all positive
n
integers n. Cr 7
And n
C r 1 42
Sol. 6n – 5n = (1 + 5)n – 5n
? When 6n – 5n is divided by 25, remainder will be 1 for all Now, (2) – (1) r=7
Example – 25 Example – 26
If in the expansion of (1 + x)n, the coefficients of 14th, 15th Simplify first three terms in the expansion of the following
and 16th terms in A.P. find n.
(i) (1 + 2x)–4 (ii) (5+4x)–1/2
Sol. The coefficients of 14th, 15th and 16th tems in the
Sol. (i) (1 + 2x)–4 =
expansion of (1 + x)n will be nC13, nC14 and nC15 respectively.
? n
C14 – nC13 = nC15 – nC14
(4) (5)
1 8x ( 4x 2 )
or 2 . nC14 = nC13 + nC15 2
¬ 5 ¼
or (n – 34) (n – 23) = 0
Hence n = 23 or 34. ª § 1 ·§ 3 · º
« 2 x ¨ 2 ¸ ¨ 2 ¸ 16x 2
1 »
5 «1
2 © ¹© ¹u ...»
« 5 2 25 »
« »
¬ ¼
1
ª 2x 6x 2 º
5 2 «1 ....»
¬ 5 25 ¼