College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 8, Sequences and Series - Chapter 8 Review - Concept Check - Page 639: 10

Answer

a) $1$; $1$ and $1$; $1$, $2$ and $1$; $1$, $3$, $3$ and $1$; b) $x^3+3x^2c+3xc^2+c^3$

Work Step by Step

a) First write the first four rows of Pascal's triangle: $$\begin{align*} \text{Row 0:}& \quad\quad\quad\quad1\\ \text{Row 1:}& \quad\quad\quad 1\quad 1\\ \text{Row 2:}& \quad\quad 1\quad 2\quad 1\\ \text{Row 3:}& \quad 1\quad 3\quad 3\quad 1. \end{align*}$$ The first and the last element of each row is $1$. The other elements are obtained by adding the two numbers above them. b) Use Row $3$ to find the binomial coefficients of the expansion of $(x+c)^3$: $$(x+c)^3=x^3+3x^2c+3xc^2+c^3.$$
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