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Binomial Theorem

Part: ( A) Only one correct option
1. In the expansion of,
15
17
3 3 2
4
| |
+
|
|
\ .
the 11th term is a:
(A) posi ti ve i nteger (B) posi ti ve irrational number
(C) negati ve i nteger (D) negati ve irrational number.
Sol uti on: B
2. If the second term of the expansi on

1/13
1
n
a
a
a

(
+
(

is 14a
5/ 2
then the val ue of
3
2
n
n
C
C
is:
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 12 (D) 6
Sol uti on: A
3.Thevalueof
3 3
6
18 7 3 . 18 . 7 . 25
3 6 . 243 . 2 15 . 81 . 4 20 . 27 . 8 15 . 9 . 16 6 . 3 . 32 64
+ +
+ + + + + +

is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none
Sol uti on: A

4. Let the co-effici ent of x
n
i n (1 + x)
2n
& (1 + x)
2n 1
be P & Q respecti vel y, the
5
P Q
Q
| | +
|
\ .
=
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 81 (D) none of these
Sol uti on: D

5. If the sum of the co-efficients in the expansi on of (1 + 2

x)
n
is 6561 , then the
greatest term in the expansi on for x = 1/2 is :
(A) 4
t h
(B) 5
t h
(C) 6
t h
(D) none of these
Sol uti on: B

6. Fi nd numerical l y the greatest term in the expansi on of (2 + 3

x)
9
, when x = 3/2.
(A)
9
C
6
. 2
9
. (3/2)
12
(B)
9
C
3
. 2
9
. (3/2)
6
(C)
9
C
5
. 2
9
. (3/2)
10
(D)
9
C
4
. 2
9
. (3/2)
8
Solution: A
7. The numbers of terms i n the expansi on of
100
3
3
1
1 a
a
| |
+ +
|
\ .
i s
(A) 201 (B) 300 (C) 200 (D)
100
C
3

Sol uti on: A

8. The coefficient of x
10
i n the expansi on of (1 + x
2
x
3
)
8
i s
(A) 476 (B) 496 (C) 506 (D) 528
Sol uti on: A

9. (1 + x) (1 + x + x
2
) (1 + x + x
2
+ x
3
)...... (1 + x + x
2
+...... + x
100
) when wri tten i n the
ascendi ng power of x then the highest exponent of x is
(A) 505 (B) 5050 (C) 100 (D) 50
Solution: B
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10. If x == [x] + f, then x (1 f) =
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2520
Sol uti on: C

11. The remai nder when 2
2003
is di vi ded by 17 is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 8 (D) none of these
Sol uti on: C

12. The last two di gi ts of the number 3
400
are:
(A) 81 (B) 43 (C) 29 (D) 01
Sol uti on: D
13. The val ue of
50
0
| |
|
\ .

50
1
| |
|
\ .
+
50
1
| |
|
\ .
50
2
| |
|
\ .
+...........+
50
49
| |
|
\ .
50
50
| |
|
\ .
is, where
n
C
r
=
n
r
| |
|
\ .

(A)
100
50
| |
|
\ .
(B)
100
51
| |
|
\ .
(C)
50
25
| |
|
\ .
(D)
2
50
25
| |
|
\ .

Sol uti on: B

14. The val ue of the expression
10
10
0
r
r
C
=
| |
|
\ .

10 10
0
( 1)
2
K K
K
K
C
=
| |

|
\ .

is
(A) 2
10
(B) 2
20
(C) 1 (D) 2
5

Sol uti on: C


15. If |x| < 1, then the co-effici ent of x
n
in the expansi on of (1 + x + x
2
+ x
3
+.......)
2
i s
(A) n (B) n 1 (C) n + 2 (D) n + 1
Sol uti on: D


16.The number of values of '

r

' satisf yi ng the equati on,
2
39 39
3 1 r
r
C C

2
39 39
3
1
r
r
C C

is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Sol uti on: B

17. Number of el ements i n set of val ue of r for which,
18
C
r 2
+ 2.
18
C
r 1
+
18
C
r
>
20
C
13

is satisfied
(A) 4 elements (B) 5 elements (C) 7 el ements (D)10
Elements
Sol uti on: C

18. The co-effici ent of x
5
i n the expansi on of, (1 + x)
21
+ (1 + x)
22
+....... + (1 + x)
30
is :
(A)
51
C
5
(B)
9
C
5
(C)
31
C
6

21
C
6
(D)
30
C
5
+
20
C
5
Solution: C


19. If (1 + x)
10
= a
0
+ a
1
x + a
2
x
2
+......+ a
10
x
10
, then (a
0
a
2
+ a
4
+ a
6
+ a
8
a
10
)
2
+ (a
1

a
3
+ a
5
a
7
+ a
9
)
2
is equal to
(A) 3
10
(B) 2
10
(C) 2
9
(D) none of these
Sol uti on: B
20. The val ue of
10
1
1
.
n
r
n
r
r
C
r
C
=

is equal to
(A) 5 (2n 9) (B) 10 n (C) 9 (n 4) (D) none of these
Sol uti on: A
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21. If C
0
, C
1
, C
2
,..........C
n
are the Binomial coefficients i n the expansi on of (1 + x)
n
. n
bei ng even, then C
0
+ (C
0
+ C
1
) + (C
0
+ C
1
+ C
2
) +......... + (C
0
+ C
1
+ C
2
+......... + C
n1
)
is equal to
(A) n. 2
n
(B) n. 2
n1
(C) n. 2
n2
(D) n. 2
n3

Sol uti on: B

22. If (1 + x + 2x
2
)
20
= a
0
+ a
1
x + a
2
x
2
+......... + a
40
x
40
, then a
0
+ a
2
+ a
4
.......+ a
38
equals
(A) 2
19
(2
30
+ 1) (B) 2
19
(2
20
1) (C) 2
20
(2
19
1) (D) none
of these
Sol uti on: B

23. Co-effici ent of x
15
i n (1 + x + x
3
+ x
4
)
n
is :
(A)
5
0 r =

n
C
5 r
.
n
C
3 r
(B)
5
0 r =

n
C
5 r
(C)
5
0 r =

n
C
3 r
(D)
3
0 r =

n
C
3 r
.
n
C
5 r
Solution: A


24. The sum of the coefficients of all the integral powers of x in the expansi on of
( )
40
1 2 x + is
(A) 3
40
+ 1 (B) 3
40
1 (C)
1
2
(3
40
1) (D)
1
2
(3
40
+ 1)
Sol uti on: D
25. If {

x

} denotes the f ractional part of '

x

' , then
1001
3
82

`
)
=
(A) 9/82 (B) 81/82 (C) 3/82 (D) 1/82
Sol uti on: C

26. The coeffici ent of the term independent of x i n the expansi on o
10
2 1 1
3 3 2
1 1
1
x x
x x x x
| |
+
|

|
+ \ .
is

(A) 70 (B) 112 (C) 105 (D) 210
Sol uti on: D

27. The coeffici ent of x
n
i n pol ynomial (x +
2n+1
C
0
) (x +
2n+1
C
1
) (x +
2n+1
C
2
).......(x +
2n+1
C
n
)
is
(A) 2
n+1
(B) 2
2n+1
1 (C) 2
2n
(D) none
of these
Sol uti on: C

28. I n the expansi on of (1 + x)
n
(1 + y)
n
(1 + z)
n
, the sum of the co-efficient of the
terms of degree '

r

' is :
(A)
3
n
r
C (B)
3
n
r
C (C)
3n
C
r
(D) 3
.

2n
C
r

Sol uti on: C

29.
1
n
r =

1
0
2
r
n r p
r p
p
C C

=
| |
|
\ .

is equal to
(A) 4
n
3
n
+ 1 (B) 4
n
3
n
1 (C) 4
n
3
n
+ 2 (D) 4
n
3
n

Solution: D
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30. If (1 + x)
n
= C
0
+ C
1
x + C
2
x +.... + C
n
x
n,
then show that the sum of the products of
the C
i
s taken two at a time, represented by
0
i j
C C
i j n
E E
s < s
is equal to
(A) 2
2n + 1

2 !
2 ( !)
n
n
(B) 2
2n 1

2
2 !
2( !)
n
n
(C) 2
2n1

2 !
2( !)
n
n
(D) 2
2n + 1

2
2 !
2( !)
n
n



Part :(B) May have more than one options correct

31. I n the expansi on of (x + y + z)
25

(A)ever y term is of the form
25
C
r
.
r
C
k
. x
25 r
. y
r k
. z
k

(B)the coeffici ent of x
8
y
9
z
9
is 0
(C)the number of terms is 325
(D)none of these
Sol uti on: AB

32.7
9
+ 9
7
is di visi ble by
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 64 (D) 72
Sol uti on: AC

1. Fi nd the val ue of '

x

' for which the fourth term in the expansion
5
1
3
5
8
log
2
5
log 4 44
2 7
1
5
5
x
x

+
+
| |
+
|
|
\ .
is 336.
Sol uti on:

2. In the bi nomial expansi on of
3
3
1
2
3
n
| |
+
|
\ .
, the ratio of the 7th term from the
beginning to the 7th term from the end is 1 : 6 ; fi nd n.
Sol uti on:


3. Fi nd the terms independent of ' x' in the expansion of the expressi on,(1 + x + 2 x
3
)
9
2
3 1
2 3
x
x
| |

|
\ .
.
Sol uti on:

4. If i n the expansi on of (1 x)
2n 1
,the co-efficient of x
r
is denoted by a
r
, then prove
that a
r 1
+ a
2n r
= 0.
Sol uti on:
5. Show that the term i ndependent of x in the expansi on of
10
6
1 x
x
| |
+ +
|
\ .
is, 1 +
5
1 r =

10
C
2 r

2 r
C
r
6
r
.
Sol uti on:


6. Fi nd the coeffici ent of a
5
b
4
c
7
i n the expansi on of (bc + ca + ab)
8
.
Solution: 280

7. If (1 + 2x + 3x
2
)
10
= a
0
+ a
1
x + a
2
x
2
+.... + a
20
x
20
, then calculate a
1
, a
2
, a
4
.
Solution:

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8. If
( )
3 3 5
n
+ = p+ f, where p is an i nteger and f is a proper fracti on then find the
val ue of
( )
3 3 5
n
, n e N.
Sol uti on: is n is even and f, if n is odd

9. Write down the binomial expansi on of (1 + x)
n + 1
, when x = 8. Deduce that 9
n + 1
8n
9 is di visibl e by 64, whenever n is a posi ti ve integer.
Sol uti on:

10. Prove that 53
53
33
33
is di visi ble by 10.
Solution:

11. Which is l arger : (99
50
+ 100
50
) or (101)
50.
Sol uti on:




If C
0
, C
1
, C
2
,........, C
n
are the combi natori al co-effici ent i n the expansion of (1 + x)
n
, n
e N, then prove the fol l owings: (Q. No. 12 - 14)
12.2. C
o
+
4 1 2 3 1
3 1 2
2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 3 1
......
2 3 4 1 1
n n
n
C C C C
n n
+ +

+ + + =
+ +

Solution:

13.
1
0
C
C
+ 2.
2
1
C
C
+ 3
3
2
C
C
+........ + n
1
n
n
C
C

=
( 1)
2
n n +

Solution:

14.1. C
0
+ 2. C
1
+ 3. C
2
+ 4. C
3
+.... + (n+1) C
n
= 2
n2
(n+1) (n+4).
Solution:


15. Assuming '

x

' to be so smal l that x
2
and hi gher powers of '

x

' can be neglected,
show that,
( )
4
1/ 2
2/3
3
4
1 16 3
(8 )
( ) x x
x

+
+
is approximatel y equal to, 1
305
96
x.
Sol uti on:

16. If
0
n
r =

(

1)
r
.
n
C
r

2 3
1 3 7
........
2 2 2
r r
r r r
to m terms
(
+ + +
(

= k
1
1
2
mn
| |

|
\ .
, then fi nd the
val ue of k.
Sol uti on:

17. Fi nd the coeffici ent of x
50
in the expressi on:
(1 + x)
1000
+ 2x. (1 + x)
999
+ 3x (1 + x)
998
+..... + 1001 x
1000

Solution:

18. Gi ven s
n
= 1 + q + q +..... + q
n
& S
n
= 1
1
2
q +
+
2
1
2
q + | |
|
\ .
+.... +
1
2
n
q + | |
|
\ .
, q = 1,
prove that
n+1
C
1
+
n+1
C
2
.s
1
+
n+1
C
3
.s
2
+....+
n+1
C
n+1
.s
n
= 2
n
. S
n.

Sol uti on:

19. Show that if the greatest term i n the expansion of (1 + x)
2n
has also the greatest
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co-effici ent, then '

x

' l ies between,
1
n
n +
&
1 n
n
+
.
Sol uti on:

20. Fi nd the remai nder when
32
32
32 is divi ded by 7.
Solution: 4


21.If (1 + x + x +... + x
p
)
n
= a
0
+ a
1
x + a
2
x+...+a
np
. x
np
, then f ind the val ue of :
a
1
+ 2a
2
+ 3a
3
+.... + np. a
np.
Solution:

22. Prove that, (
2n
C
1
)+ 2. (
2n
C
2
) + 3. (
2n
C
3
) +... + 2n. (
2n
C
2n
) =
2
(4 1) !
{(2 1) !}
n
n

Solution:

23.If (1+x)
n
= C
0
+ C
1
x + C
2
x +..... + C
n
x
n
, then show that:

C
1
(1x)
2
2
C
(1 x) +
3
3
C
(1 x)
3
........ + (

1)
n1
1
n
(1 x)
n

= (1 x)
1
2
+ (1 x) +
1
3
(1 x
3
) +........ +
1
n
(1 x
n
)
Sol uti on:
24. Prove that
2
0
n
r
r
=

n
C
r
p
r
q
n r
= npq + n
2
p
2
if p + q = 1.
Solution:

25. If
2 2
0 0
( 2) ( 3)
n n
r r
r r
r r
a x b x
= =
=

& a
k
= 1 for al l k > n, then show that b
n
=
2n+1
C
n+1
.
Solution:

26. If a
0,
a
1,
a
2,
..... be the coeffici ents in the expansi on of (1 + x + x)
n
in ascending
powers of x, then prove that :
(i) a
0
a
1
a
1
a
2
+ a
2
a
3
.... = 0

(i i) a
0
a
2

a
1
a
3
+

a
2
a
4
.....

+ a
2n 2
a
2n
= a
n + 1


(i ii) E
1
= E
2
= E
3
= 3
n1
; where E
1
= a
0
+ a
3
+ a
6
+...; E
2
= a
1
+ a
4
+ a
7
+...& E
3
= a
2
+ a
5
+
a
8
+...
Sol uti on:

27. If (1 + x)
n
= p
0
+ p
1
x + p
2
x
2
+ p
3
x
3
+......., then prove that :
(a)p
0
p
2
+ p
4
....... = 2
n/ 2
cos
4
n t
(b) p
1
p
3
+ p
5
....... = 2
n/ 2
sin
4
n t

Sol uti on:
28. If (1+x)
n
= C
0
+ C
1
x + C
2
x +.... + C
n
x
n,
then show that the sum of the products of the
C
i
s taken two at a time represented by is equal to 2
2n1

2
2 !
2 ( !)
n
n
.
Solution: