Determine Parameters from Conditions on Coefficients or Terms
The question provides conditions on coefficients or terms (e.g., sum of coefficients equals zero, coefficients in AP/GP, a ratio between specific coefficients) and asks to find unknown parameters such as n, a, m/n, or r.
Suppose A and B are the coefficients of $30^{\text{th}}$ and $12^{\text{th}}$ terms respectively in the binomial expansion of $(1 + x)^{2\mathrm{n}-1}$. If $2\mathrm{A} = 5\mathrm{B}$, then n is equal to: (1) 22 (2) 20 (3) 21 (4) 19
Q64. If the coefficients of $x ^ { 4 } , x ^ { 5 }$ and $x ^ { 6 }$ in the expansion of $( 1 + x ) ^ { n }$ are in the arithmetic progression, then the maximum value of $n$ is: (1) 7 (2) 21 (3) 28 (4) 14
Q83. If the second, third and fourth terms in the expansion of $( x + y ) ^ { n }$ are 135,30 and $\frac { 10 } { 3 }$, respectively, then $6 \left( n ^ { 3 } + x ^ { 2 } + y \right)$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
Q64. If the term independent of $x$ in the expansion of $\left( \sqrt { \mathrm { a } } x ^ { 2 } + \frac { 1 } { 2 x ^ { 3 } } \right) ^ { 10 }$ is 105 , then $\mathrm { a } ^ { 2 }$ is equal to : (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 9
In the expansion of $\left( \left( 1 + x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 2 } ( 1 + x ) ^ { n } \right.$, coefficients of $x , x ^ { 2 }$ and $x ^ { 3 }$ are in A.P, then find sum of all possible values of $n \in N$.
It is given that the expansion of $( a x + b ) ^ { 3 }$ is $8 x ^ { 3 } - p x ^ { 2 } + 18 x - 3 \sqrt { 3 }$, where $a , b$ and $p$ are real constants. What is the value of $p$ ? A $- 12 \sqrt { 3 }$ B $- 6 \sqrt { 3 }$ C $- 4 \sqrt { 3 }$ D $- \sqrt { 3 }$ E $\sqrt { 3 }$ F $4 \sqrt { 3 }$ G $6 \sqrt { 3 }$ H $12 \sqrt { 3 }$
The coefficient of $x ^ { 3 }$ in the expansion of $\left( 1 + 2 x + 3 x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 6 }$ is equal to twice the coefficient of $x ^ { 4 }$ in the expansion of $\left( 1 - a x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 5 }$. Find all possible values of the constant $a$. A $\pm 2 \sqrt { 2 }$ B $\pm \sqrt { 17 }$ C $\pm \sqrt { 34 }$ D $\pm 2 \sqrt { 17 }$ E There are no possible values of $a$.
In the expansion of $( a + b x ) ^ { 5 }$ the coefficient of $x ^ { 4 }$ is 8 times the coefficient of $x ^ { 2 }$. Given that $a$ and $b$ are non-zero positive integers, what is the smallest possible value of $a + b$ ? A 3 B 4 C 5 D 9 E 13 F 17
The non-zero constant $k$ is chosen so that the coefficients of $x ^ { 6 }$ in the expansions of $\left( 1 + k x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 7 }$ and $( k + x ) ^ { 10 }$ are equal. What is the value of $k$ ? A $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$ B 6 C $\frac { \sqrt { 6 } } { 6 }$ D $\sqrt { 6 }$ E $\frac { \sqrt { 30 } } { 30 }$ F $\sqrt { 30 }$
Consider the expansion of $$( a + b x ) ^ { n }$$ The third term, in ascending powers of $x$, is $105 x ^ { 2 }$ The fourth term, in ascending powers of $x$, is $210 x ^ { 3 }$ The fourth term, in descending powers of $x$, is $210 x ^ { 3 }$ Find the value of $\frac { a } { b } ^ { 2 }$ A $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$ B $\frac { 4 } { 9 }$ C $\frac { 25 } { 36 }$ D $\frac { 5 } { 6 }$ E 1
Let $n$ be a natural number. Given that the arithmetic mean of all coefficients in the expansion of $$\left( x ^ { 3 } - \frac { 2 } { x ^ { 2 } } \right) ^ { n }$$ is 0.2, what is the coefficient of the $x ^ { 2 }$ term in this expansion? A) 12 B) 16 C) 24 D) 32 E) 40
Let $a$ be a positive real number, $$\left(x + \frac{a - 7}{x}\right)^{13}$$ In the expansion of this expression, the coefficient of the $x^{11}$ term is $\frac{234}{a}$. Accordingly, what is $a$? A) 9 B) 12 C) 13 D) 15 E) 18
Let $m$ and $n$ be natural numbers. If the constant term in the expansion of $$\left(x + \frac{5}{x^{m}}\right)^{n}$$ is 60, what is $m + n$? A) 36 B) 35 C) 31 D) 27 E) 23
Let $n$ be a positive integer. In the expansion of $$\left(x^{2} + x\right)^{n}$$ both the coefficient of the term containing $x^{19-n}$ and the coefficient of the term containing $x^{16-n}$ equal a positive integer $k$. Accordingly, what is $k$? A) 6 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18 E) 21