Find a Specific Coefficient in a Product of Binomial/Polynomial Expressions
The question asks to find the coefficient of a specified term in the expansion of a product of two or more binomial or polynomial factors, such as (1+2x^2)(1+x)^4 or (x + y/x)(x+y)^5.
The coefficient of $x ^ { 3 } y ^ { 3 }$ in the expansion of $\left( x + \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { x } \right) ( x + y ) ^ { 5 }$ is A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20
13. The coefficient of $x ^ { 2 } y ^ { 6 }$ in the expansion of $\left( 1 - \frac { y } { x } \right) ( x + y ) ^ { 8 }$ is $\_\_\_\_$ (answer with a number).
Coefficient of $x^{11}$ in the expansion of $\left(1 + x^2\right)^4 \left(1 + x^3\right)^7 \left(1 + x^4\right)^{12}$ is (A) 1051 (B) 1106 (C) 1113 (D) 1120
The coefficient of $x ^ { 9 }$ in the expansion of $( 1 + x ) \left( 1 + x ^ { 2 } \right) \left( 1 + x ^ { 3 } \right) \ldots \left( 1 + x ^ { 100 } \right)$ is
The middle term in the expansion of $\left( 1 - \frac { 1 } { x } \right) ^ { n } \left( 1 - x ^ { n } \right)$ in powers of $x$ is (1) ${ } ^ { 2 n } \mathrm { C } _ { n - 1 }$ (2) ${ } ^ { - 2 n } \mathrm { C } _ { n }$ (3) ${ } ^ { 2 n } \mathrm { C } _ { n - 1 }$ (4) ${ } ^ { 2 n } \mathrm { C } _ { n }$
If the coefficients of $x$ and $x ^ { 2 }$ in the expansion of $( 1 + x ) ^ { p } ( 1 - x ) ^ { q } , p , q \leq 15$, are $-3$ and $-5$ respectively, then the coefficient of $x ^ { 3 }$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
Find the coefficients of $( a + b x ) \cdot ( c + d x )$ in terms of $a , b , c , d$, and explain why $f ( x ) \cdot g ( x ) = g ( x ) \cdot f ( x )$ for all linear polynomials $f ( x )$ and $g ( x )$.
20. The coefficient of $x ^ { 2 }$ in the expansion of $\left( 4 - x ^ { 2 } \right) \left[ \left( 1 + 2 x + 3 x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 6 } - \left( 1 + 4 x ^ { 3 } \right) ^ { 5 } \right]$ is A 28 B 72 C 78 D 192 E 240 F 310 G 312 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
Find the coefficient of the $x ^ { 5 }$ term in the expansion of $$( 1 + x ) ^ { 5 } \times \sum _ { i = 0 } ^ { 5 } x ^ { i }$$ A 1 B 5 C 16 D 25 E 32
$$P ( x ) = ( x + 2 ) ^ { 4 } + 3 ( x + 1 ) ^ { 3 }$$ In this polynomial, what is the coefficient of the $\mathbf { x }$ term? A) 41 B) 39 C) 37 D) 35 E) 33