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: 36

Answer

$-4060A^{3}$

Work Step by Step

$(a+b)^{n}=\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 0 \end{array}\right)a^{n}+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 1 \end{array}\right)a^{n-1}b+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 2 \end{array}\right)a^{n-2}b^{2}+\cdots+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ n \end{array}\right)b^{n}$ $\displaystyle \left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ r \end{array}\right)=\frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!},$ $n!=n(n-1)\cdot...\cdot 2\cdot 1,$ $n!=0$ Properties: $\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ r \end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ n-r \end{array}\right), $ $ \left(\begin{array}{l} k\\ r-1 \end{array}\right)+\left(\begin{array}{l} k\\ r \end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{l} k+1\\ r \end{array}\right)$ -------- $...$In all the terms, exponents of a and b add to n... In $(A+(-B))^{30} $, which has $31$ terms, the last three terms contain powers of a: 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st: $a^{3},\ \ \ a^{2},\ \ \ a^{1},\ \ \ a^{0}$ The 28th term in the expansion is where the exponent of $A$ is $3,$ the exponent of $(-B)$ is $30-3=27,$ and the coefficient is $\left(\begin{array}{l} 30\\ 27 \end{array}\right)= \left(\begin{array}{l} 30\\ 30-27 \end{array}\right)= \displaystyle \left(\begin{array}{l} 30\\ 3 \end{array}\right)=\frac{30\cdot 29\cdot 28}{1\cdot 2\cdot 3}=-4060$ The term is: $-4060A^{3}(-B)^{27}=-4060A^{3}$
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