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: 44

Answer

$x^{5}$

Work Step by Step

$(a+b)^{n}=\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 0 \end{array}\right)a^{n}+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 1 \end{array}\right)a^{n-1}b+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ 2 \end{array}\right)a^{n-2}b^{2}+\cdots+\left(\begin{array}{l} n\\ n \end{array}\right)b^{n}$ ------------------- The coefficients are 1, 5, 10, 5, 1 $\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 0 \end{array}\right)=1=\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 5 \end{array}\right)$ $\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 1 \end{array}\right)=5=\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 4 \end{array}\right)$ $\displaystyle \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 2 \end{array}\right)=\frac{5\times 4}{1\times 2}=10=\left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ 2 \end{array}\right)$ The exponents of $(x-1)$ decrease from $5$ to zero The exponents of $1$ increase from 0 to $5$. Each term is $\quad \left(\begin{array}{l} 5\\ r \end{array}\right)(x-1)^{r}\cdot 1^{n-r}$ problem expression = $[(x-1)+1]^{5}=x^{5}$
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