{"id":3483,"date":"2023-10-05T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecole9ja\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2023-10-05T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:42:53","slug":"week-3-ss2-third-term-further-mathematics-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/posts\/week-3-ss2-third-term-further-mathematics-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 &#8211; SS2 Third Term Further Mathematics Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WEEK THREE<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>TOPIC:BINOMIAL EXPANSION: PASCAL TRIANGLE, BINOMIAL THEOREM OF NEGATIVE, POSITVE AND FRACTIONAL POWER<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>PASCAL&#8217;S TRIANGLE<br \/>\n<\/strong>Consider the expressions of each of the following:<br \/>\n(x + y)<sup>0<\/sup>;  (x + y )<sup>1<\/sup>; (x + y)<sup>2<\/sup>; (x + y)<sup>3<\/sup>; (x + y)<sup>4<br \/>\n<\/sup>(x + y)<sup>0<\/sup> = 1<br \/>\n(x + y)<sup>1<\/sup> = 1x + 1y<br \/>\n(x + y)<sup>2<\/sup> = 1x<sup>2<\/sup> + 2xy + 1y<sup>2<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t(x + y)<sup>3<\/sup>= 1x<sup>3<\/sup> + 3x<sup>2<\/sup>y + 3xy<sup>2<\/sup> + 1y<sup>3<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t(x + y)<sup>4<\/sup> = 1x<sup>4<\/sup> + 4x<sup>3<\/sup>y + 6x<sup>2<\/sup>y<sup>2<\/sup> + 4xy<sup>3<\/sup> + 1x<sup>4<br \/>\n<\/sup>The coefficient of x and y can be displayed in an array as:<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\n1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\nThe array of coefficients displayed above is called Pascal&#8217;s triangle, and it is used in determining the co-efficients of the terms of the powers of a binomial expression<br \/>\nCoefficient of (x + y)<sup>0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\nCoefficient of (x + y)<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\nCoefficients of (x + y)<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\nCoefficients of (x + y)<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<br \/>\nCoefficients of (x + y)<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Example 1<br \/>\n<\/strong>Using Pascal&#8217;s riangle, expand and simplify completely: (2x + 3y)<sup>4<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t<strong>Solution:<br \/>\n<\/strong>(2x + 3y)<sup>4<\/sup> = (2x)<sup>4<\/sup> + 4(2x)<sup>3<\/sup> (3y) + 6(2x)<sup>2<\/sup>(3y)<sup>2<\/sup> + 4(2x)(3y)<sup>3<\/sup> + (3y)<sup>4<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t= 16x<sup>4<\/sup> + 96x<sup>3<\/sup>y + 216x<sup>2<\/sup>y<sup>2<\/sup> + 216xy<sup>3<\/sup> + 81y<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Examples 2:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Using pascal&#8217;s triangle, the coefficients of (x + y)<sup>5<\/sup>are: 1,5,10,10,5,1.<br \/>\nTherefore (x \u2013 2y)<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0= x<sup>5<\/sup> + 5x<sup>4<\/sup>(-2y) + 10x<sup>3<\/sup>(-2y)<sup>2<\/sup> + 10x<sup>2<\/sup>(-2y)<sup>3<\/sup> + 5x(-2y)<sup>4<\/sup> + (-2y)<sup>5<br \/>\n<\/sup><sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>= x<sup>5<\/sup> \u2013 10x<sup>4<\/sup>y + 40x<sup>3<\/sup>y<sup>2<\/sup> \u2013 80x<sup>2<\/sup>y<sup>3<\/sup> + 80xy<sup>4<\/sup> \u2013 32y<sup>5<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t<strong>Example 3<br \/>\n<\/strong>Using Pascal&#8217;s triangle, simplify, correct to 5 decimal places (1.01)4<br \/>\n<strong>Solution<br \/>\n<\/strong>We can write (1.01)<sup>4<\/sup> = (1 + 0.01)<sup>4<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t(1 + 0.01)<sup>4<\/sup> = 1 + 4(0.01) + 6(0.01)<sup>2<\/sup> + 4(0.01)<sup>3<\/sup>+(0.01)<sup>4 <\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t= 1 + 0.04 + 0.0006 + 0.000004 + 0.00000001<br \/>\n= 1.04060401<br \/>\n= 1.04060 (5 d.p)<br \/>\nThe Binomial Expansion Formula<br \/>\nConsider the expansion of (x + y)<sup>5<\/sup> again<br \/>\n(x + y)<sup>5<\/sup> = (x + y)(x + y)(x + y)(x + y)(x + y)<br \/>\nThe first term is obtained by multiplying the xs in the five brackets. there is only one way to doing this<br \/>\n(x + y)<sup>n<\/sup> = xn + nx<sup>n \u2013 1<\/sup>y +    x<sup>n<\/sup> \u2013 <sup>2<\/sup>y<sup>2<\/sup> +     x<sup>n-3<\/sup>y<sup>3<\/sup> + \u2026.<br \/>\nx<sup>n-r<\/sup>y<sup>r<\/sup> + \u2026. y<sup>n<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\tIt can be shown that the binomial expansion formula holds for positive, negative, integral or any rational value of n, provided there is a restriction on the values of x and y in the expansion of (x + y)<sup>n<\/sup><sub><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/sub>We shall however consider only the binomial expansion formula for a positive integral n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Example 4:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Write down the binomial expansion of  <sup>6<\/sup> simplifying all the terms\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Use the expansion in (a) to evaluate (1.0025)<sup>6<\/sup> correct to five significant figures.\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Solution<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup>6<\/sup>  = 1 + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>1 <\/sub><sup>1<\/sup>    +   <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>2<\/sub><sup>2<br \/>\n<\/sup>    +   <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>3  <\/sub><sup>3 <\/sup>   +    <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>4  <\/sub><sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sup>    +   <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>5  <\/sub><sup>5 <\/sup>   +    <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>6  <\/sub><sup>6<br \/>\n<\/sup><sup>6<\/sup>=  1 +   x   +  <sup>3<\/sup>   +   x<br \/>\n<sup>4<\/sup>    +    x  <sup>5 <\/sup>  +  <sup>6<br \/>\n<\/sup>= 1 + x   +   x<sup>2<\/sup>+   x<sup>3<\/sup>  +x<sup>4<\/sup>  +   x<sup>5<\/sup> +   x<sup>6<\/sup>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>(1.0025)<sup>6<\/sup>   =  (1 + 0.0025)<sup>6<\/sup>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>=  )<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t=  )<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPut x  =<br \/>\nx =   x 4   = =  0.01<br \/>\ntherefore   (1.0025)<sup>6<\/sup>   =  1  +    (0.01)  +   (0.01)<sup>2<\/sup>  + (0.01)  +(0.01)<sup>4<\/sup> + \u2026<br \/>\n= 1 + 0.015 + 0.00009375 + 0.0000003125<br \/>\n= 1.0150940625<br \/>\n= 1.0151 (5 s.f.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>EVALUATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>Expand ( 2 + 4x )<sup>4<\/sup> simplifying the terms<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Example 5<\/strong>(a) Using the binomial theorem, obtain the expansion of (1 + 3x)<sup>6<\/sup> + (1 \u2013 3x)<sup>6<\/sup>  simplifying all the terms<br \/>\n(b)Use the above result to calculate the value of (1.03)<sup>6<\/sup> + (0.97)<sup>6<\/sup>, correct to five decimal places<br \/>\nSolution:<br \/>\n(1 + 3x)<sup>6<\/sup> = 1 + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>1<\/sub> (3x) + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>2<\/sub> (3x)<sup>2<\/sup> + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>3<\/sub> (3x)<sup>3<\/sup> _ <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>4<\/sub> (3x)<sup>4<\/sup> _ <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>5<\/sub> (3x)<sup>5<\/sup> + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>6<\/sub> (3x)<sup>6<\/sup>          \u2026.. (1)<br \/>\n(1 &#8211; 3x)<sup>6<\/sup> = 1 &#8211; <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>1<\/sub> (3x) + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>2<\/sub> (3x)<sup>2<\/sup> &#8211; <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>3<\/sub> (3x)<sup>3<\/sup> + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>4<\/sub> (3x)<sup>4<\/sup> _ <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>5<\/sub> (3x)<sup>5<\/sup> + <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>6<\/sub> (3x)<sup>6<\/sup>          \u2026.. (2)<br \/>\nAdding (1) and (2)<br \/>\n(1 + 3x)<sup>6<\/sup> +(1 &#8211; 3x)<sup>6<\/sup>  = 2 + 2 x  <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>2<\/sub> (3x)<sup>2<\/sup>  + 2 x <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>4<\/sub> (3x)<sup>4<\/sup>  + 2 x <sup>6<\/sup>C<sub>6<\/sub> (3x)<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t= 2 + 2 x   9x<sup>2<\/sup> + 2 x   x 81x<sup>4<\/sup>  + 2  x 729x<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t= 2 + 270x<sup>2<\/sup> + 2430x<sup>4<\/sup> + 1458x<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t(1.03)<sup>6<\/sup>    =   (1 + 0.03)<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t(0.97)<sup>6<\/sup>    =   (1 \u2013 0.03)<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPut 1 + 0.03 = 1 + 3x<br \/>\nTherefore    3x   =   0.03<br \/>\nTherefore     x    =   0.01<br \/>\nHence<br \/>\n(1.03)<sup>6<\/sup> + (0.97)<sup>6<\/sup>   = 2 + 270(0.01)<sup>2<\/sup> + 2430(0.01)<sup>4<\/sup> + 1458(0.01)<br \/>\n= 2 + 0.027 + 0.0000243 + 2.0270243<br \/>\n= 2.02702    (5 d.p)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Example 6<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Using the binomial theorem, expamd (1 + 2x)<sup>5<\/sup>, simplifying all the terms\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Use your expansion to calculate the value of 1.02<sup>5<\/sup>, correct to six significant figures\n<\/div>\n<p>If the first three terms of the expansion of (1 + px)<sup>n<\/sup> in ascending powers of x are 1 + 20x + 160x,<br \/>\nFind the values of n and p<br \/>\nSolution:\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>(1 + 2x)<sup>5<\/sup> = 1 . <sup>5<\/sup>C<sub>1<\/sub>(2x) + <sup>5<\/sup>C<sub>2<\/sub>(2x)<sup>2<\/sup> + <sup>5<\/sup>C<sub>3<\/sub>(2x)<sup>2<\/sup> +<sup> 5<\/sup>C<sub>4<\/sub>(2x)<sup>4<\/sup> + <sup>5<\/sup>C<sub>5<\/sub>(2x)<sup>5<\/sup>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>= 1 + 5.(2x) +   . 4x<sup>2<\/sup> +   . 8x<sup>3<\/sup>  +  . 16x   + 32x<sup>5<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t= 1 + 10x + 40x<sup>2<\/sup> + 80x<sup>3<\/sup> + 80x<sup>4<\/sup> + 32x<sup>5<\/sup>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>(1.02) = (1 + 0.02)\n<\/div>\n<p>Put 1 + 0.02 = 1 + 2x<br \/>\nTherefore 2x = 0.02<br \/>\nx = 0.01<br \/>\nHence:<br \/>\n(1.02)<sup>5<\/sup> = 1 + 10(0.01) + 40(0.01)<sup>2<\/sup> + 80(0.01)<sup>3<\/sup> + 80(0.01)<sup>4<\/sup> + 32(0.01)<sup>5<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t= 1 + 0.1 + 0.004 + 0.0008 + 0.00000008<br \/>\n= 1.10408 (6.s.f.)<br \/>\n6.3 The Binomial Theorem for any index<br \/>\nThe Binomial expansion formula is also applicable to any index n, where n can be positive or negative integer or even a fraction<br \/>\nIf \/x\/  1, then:<br \/>\n(1 + x)<sup>n<\/sup> = 1 + nx +   +   +  x<sup>4<\/sup>  + \u2026 where n may be a negative integer or a fraction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Example 7<br \/>\n<\/strong>Use the Binomial expansion formula to obtain the first five terms of the expansion of  (1 +   x)<sup>-2<\/sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Solution:<br \/>\n<\/strong>(1 +   x)<sup>-2<\/sup>  = 1 + (-2) ( x) + ( ( x)<sup>2<\/sup> +  ( x)<sup>3<\/sup> +  ( x)<sup>4<\/sup> +  \u2026.<br \/>\n= 1 \u2013 x + 3. <sup>2<\/sup>  &#8211; 4.<sup>3<\/sup>  + 5.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>(1 + px)<sup>n<\/sup> = 1 + 20x + 160x<sup>2<\/sup> + \u2026\n<\/div>\n<p>(1 + px)<sup>n<\/sup> = 1 + <sup>n<\/sup>c<sub>1<\/sub> (px) + <sup>n<\/sup>c<sub>1<\/sub> (px)<sup>2<\/sup> + \u2026<br \/>\n            = 1 + npx   +   p<sup>2<\/sup>x<sup>2<\/sup> \u2026<br \/>\n            = 1 + 20x + 160x<sup>2<\/sup> + \u2026<br \/>\nBy equating coefficients<br \/>\nnp = 20 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1)<br \/>\np<sup>2<\/sup>  = 160\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2)<br \/>\nFrom (1) p = \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(3)<br \/>\nTherefore p<sup>2<\/sup> =  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(4)<br \/>\nSubstituting (4) into (2)<br \/>\n  x    = 160<br \/>\nx 200   =  160<br \/>\nThere 200(n \u2013 1) = 160n<br \/>\n200n \u2013 200           = 160n<br \/>\n200n \u2013 160n         = 200<br \/>\n                40n         = 200<br \/>\n                     n         = 5<br \/>\nFrom (3)p =    = 4<br \/>\nHence, n = 5, p = 4<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Example 8<br \/>\n<\/strong>Obtain the first four terms of the explanation of (2 +   x)<sup>8<\/sup>in ascending powers of x. hence, find the value of (2.005)<sup>8<\/sup>, correct to five significant figures.<br \/>\nSolution:<br \/>\n(2 +   x)<sup>8<\/sup>= 2<sup>8<\/sup>(1+   x)<sup>8<br \/>\n<\/sup>= 2<sup>8<\/sup>[1 +<sup>8<\/sup>C<sub>1<\/sub>(  x)  + <sup>8<\/sup>C<sub>2 <\/sub>(  )<sup>2<\/sup>  +  <sup>8<\/sup>C<sub>3 <\/sub>(  )<sup>3 <\/sup>  + \u2026 ]<br \/>\n=   2<sup>8<\/sup>[1 +8(  x)  +  (  )<sup>2<\/sup>  +  (  )<sup>3 <\/sup>  + \u2026]<br \/>\n=   2<sup>8<\/sup>[1 + 2X +  X<sup>2<\/sup>+ X<sup>3<\/sup>  + \u2026]<br \/>\nWrite 2.0.005<br \/>\nPut 2 +  x    =  2 + 0.005<br \/>\nTherefore   x    =   0.005<br \/>\nTherfore  x   =  0.005 x 2<br \/>\n                       = 0.01<br \/>\nHence,<br \/>\n(2.005)<sup>8<\/sup>   =   2<sup>8<\/sup>[1 +2(0.01)  + (0.01)<sup>2<\/sup>+  (0.01)<sup>3 <\/sup>]<br \/>\n(2.005)<sup>8<\/sup>   = 2<sup>8<\/sup> + 2<sup>9<\/sup>(0.01) + 2<sup>6<\/sup>.7(0.01)<sup>2<\/sup> + 2<sup>5<\/sup> x 7(0.01)<sup>3<\/sup> + \u2026<sup><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sup>= 256 + 5.12 + 0.0448 + 0.000224<br \/>\n               = 261.165025<br \/>\n               = 261.17 (5 s.f.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>GENERAL EVALUATION<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t1) Write down and simplify all the terms of the binomial expansion of ( 1 \u2013 x )<sup>6<\/sup> . Use the expansion to evaluate  0.997<sup>6<\/sup>  correct to 4 dp<br \/>\n2) Write down the expansion of  ( 1 + \u00bc x ) <sup>5<\/sup> simplifying all its coefficients<br \/>\n3) Use the binomial theorem to expand  ( 2 \u2013 \u00bc x)<sup>5<\/sup> and simplify all the terms<br \/>\n4) Deduce  the expansion of   ( 1 \u2013 x +x<sup>2<\/sup> )<sup>6<\/sup>  in ascending powers of x<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Reading Assignment<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tNew Further Maths Project 2  page 73 \u2013 78<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>If the first three terms of the expansion of ( 1 + px )<sup>n<\/sup> in ascending powers of  x are   1 + 20v + 160x find  the value of<br \/>\n1)  n  a) 2  b) 3  c) 4  d) 5<br \/>\n2) p   a) 2  b) 3  c) 4  d) 5<br \/>\n3) In the expansion of  ( 2x + 3y )<sup>4<\/sup>  what is the coefficient of  y<sup>4<\/sup>   a) 16  b) 81  c) 216  d) 96<br \/>\n4) How many terms are in the expansion  of  ( 1 \u2013 4x ) <sup>5<\/sup>  a) 3  b) 5  c) 6  d) 8<br \/>\n5) What is the third term in the expansion of  ( 1 \u2013 3x )<sup>6<\/sup> in ascending powers of x  a) 18  b) -540  c) 135  d) 729<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>THEORY<br \/>\n<\/strong>1) Using binomial theorem, write down and simplify the first seven terms of the expansion of  ( 1 + 2x )<sup>10<\/sup> in ascending powers of x<br \/>\n2) Expand  ( 2 + x )<sup>5<\/sup> ( 1 \u2013 2x ) <sup>6<\/sup> as far as the term in x<sup>3<\/sup>   . 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