Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 12 - Section 12.6 - The Binomial Theorem - 12.6 Exercises - Page 886: 26

Answer

$1-5x+10x^{2}-10x^{3}+5x^{4}-x^{5}$

Work Step by Step

$(a+b)^{n}=\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 0 \end{array}\right)a^{n}+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 1 \end{array}\right)a^{n-1}b+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 2 \end{array}\right)a^{n-2}b^{2}+\cdots+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ n \end{array}\right)b^{n}$ ----------------- $(1 -x)^{5}= (1 +(-x))^{5}=$ $\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 0 \end{array}\right)(1)^{5}(-x)^{0}+ \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 1 \end{array}\right)(1)^{4}(-x)^{1}+ \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 2 \end{array}\right)(1)^{3}(-x)^{2}+$ $+ \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 3 \end{array}\right)(1)^{2}(-x)^{3}+ \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 4 \end{array}\right)(1)^{1}(-x)^{4}+ \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 5 \end{array}\right)(1)^{0}(-x)^{5}$ $\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 0 \end{array}\right)=1=\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 5 \end{array}\right)$ $\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 1 \end{array}\right)=5=\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 4 \end{array}\right)$ $\displaystyle \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 2 \end{array}\right)=\frac{5\times 4}{1\times 2}=10=\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 3 \end{array}\right)$ $=1-5x+10x^{2}-10x^{3}+5x^{4}-x^{5}$
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