IB DP Maths 3 hours 29 questions

Exam Questions

Binomial Theorem
Binomial Theorem

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Very Hard (10 questions) /71

Total Marks /169

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Medium Questions
1 Find the coefficient of the term in x 3 in the expansion of (2 − x ) 8 .

(3 marks)

2 Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of (3 + x ) 4 .

(3 marks)

3 In the expansion of ( a − x ) 4, the coefficient of the x 2 term is 96.

Given that a > 0, find the value of a .

(4 marks)

4 Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of (9 − 2x ) 5 .

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 (3 marks)

5 In the expansion of ( a − 2x ) 5, the coefficient of the x 2 term is equal to the coefficient of

(4 marks)

6 In the expansion of (3 + px ) 6 , the coefficient of the x 4 term is four times the coefficient
of the x 2 term. Find the possible values of p .

(3 marks)

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7 (a) Consider the expansion of (4ax − 3) 5 .

Write down the number of terms in this expansion.

(1 mark)

(b) The coefficient of the term in x 4 is −61440 .

Find the value of a where a is a positive constant.

(4 marks)

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 ⎛⎜ 3 4 ⎞⎟4
8 (a) Consider the expansion of ⎜x + ⎟ .
⎝ x⎠

Write the first three terms in descending powers of x .

(3 marks)

(b) Find the value of the constant term.

(3 marks)

9 The coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of x 3 ( ax + 3) 5 is 1215.

Find the possible values of a .

(4 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 Find the coefficient of the x 16 term in the expansion (2x 2 − x 3) 7 .

(4 marks)

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2 (a) Consider the expansion of (5x 3 − x ) 6 .

Write down the number of terms in this expansion.

(1 mark)

(b) Find the first three terms, in descending powers of x , of the expansion.

(4 marks)

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 ⎛⎜ ax 3 ⎞5
3 (a) Consider the expansion of ⎜ + 2 ⎟⎟ .
⎝ 2 x ⎠

Find an expression, in terms of a , for the coefficient of the x −1 term.

(3 marks)

(b) The coefficient of the x −1 term is 90.

Find the value of a .

(4 marks)

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4 (a) Consider the quadratic expression 5x 2 − 15x + 10 . .

Write down the quadratic expression in the form (px − q ) (x − r ) .

(2 marks)

(b) Find the coefficient of the x 8 term in the expansion of (5x 2 − 15x + 10) 5 . Give your
answer in the form a × 10k , where 1 ≤ a < 10, k ∈ ℤ.

(5 marks)

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 ⎛⎜ x ⎞⎟5 1
5 (a) The coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of ⎜ ⎟ ( ax + 5) 2 is .
⎝3 ⎠ 3

Find the possible values of a .

(4 marks)

196
(b) The sum of the coefficients of the expansion is .
243

Determine which value of a found in part (a) is correct.

(4 marks)

6 Consider the expansion (1 − 3x ) 4 (1 − 2kx ) 2 .

The coefficient of the x 6 term is 36. Find the possible values of k .

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 (6 marks)

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 ⎛⎜ x 3 k ⎞⎟4 500
7 (a) Consider the expansion of ⎜ + ⎟ . The constant term is − .
⎝ 3 x⎠ 3

Find the value of k .

(4 marks)

(b) Find the coefficient of the x 4 term.

(4 marks)

⎛⎜ 1 ⎞n
8 In the expansion of ⎜ x + 1 ⎟⎟ , the coefficient of the x 2 term is 8n , where n ∈ ℤ +.
⎝2 ⎠

Find n .

(5 marks)

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9 (a) Consider the expansion of ( 4x − 2 ) 4 .

Find the term in x 4 in the expansion.

(2 marks)

(b) Hence find the term in x 6 in the expansion of (3x − 5) 2 (4x − 2) 4 .

(3 marks)

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 ⎛⎜ 3 ⎞6
10 (a) Consider the expansion of ⎜ x − 5 ⎟⎟ .
⎝2 ⎠

Find the term in x 3 in the expansion.

(3 marks)

⎛⎜ 3 ⎞⎟6
(b) Hence find the term in x 4 in the expansion of (x − 2) x − 5 ⎟ .
⎜
⎝2 ⎠

(5 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
1 Given that (2 + nx ) 2 (1 − 2x ) n = 4 − 24x + . . . .

Find the value of n .

(7 marks)

⎛⎜ 2x ⎞⎟n
2 Given that (1 + nx ) 2 ⎜1 + ⎟ = 1 + 40x . . .
⎝ 3 ⎠

Find the value of n .

(7 marks)

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3 (a) Consider the expansion (5 + x ) 5 .

Write down and simplify the expansion in descending powers of x .

(3 marks)

(b) Hence, find the exact value of (5 . 1) 5 .

(3 marks)

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4 (a) Consider the expansion (2 − x ) 3 .

Write down and simplify the expansion in descending powers of x .

(3 marks)

(b) Hence find the exact value of (1 . 8) 3 .

(3 marks)

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5 (a) Given that (1 − 2x ) 2 (1 + yx ) 3 = 1 + zx + 40x 2 + ⋯ + ky 3x 5 .

Determine the value of k .

(2 marks)

(b) Find the possible values of y and z .

(7 marks)

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6 (a) Given that (1 − 2ax ) 3 (1 + 3x ) 3 = 1 + bx − 27x 2 + ⋯ + ka 3x 6 .

Determine the value of k .

(2 marks)

(b) Find the possible values of a and b .

(7 marks)

7 In the expansion of 2x 2 (3 + kx ) 7, the coefficient of the term in x 5 is 210.

Find the value of k .

(6 marks)

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 ⎛⎜ x 3 ⎞9
8 Consider the expansion of ⎜ + 3x 5 ⎟⎟ , a > 0 . The coefficient of the x 39 term is five
⎝ a ⎠
31
times the coefficient of the x term.

Find a , giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

(7 marks)

⎛⎜ 3 k ⎞⎟12
9 Consider the expansion of ⎜2x − 2 ⎟ , where k > 0 . The coefficient of the term in x 6
⎝ x ⎠
is equal to the coefficient of the term in x 16 .

Find k .

(6 marks)

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10 The coefficient of the x 5 term in the expansion of (1 + 2x ) 4 (1 − px ) 3 is −120 .

Find the value of p .

(8 marks)

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