JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I BINOMIAL THEOREM

BINOMIAL THEOREM
SYNOPSIS W.E-2:The coefficient of x p in the expansion of
2n
æ 2 1 ö÷
BINOMIAL THEOREM FOR ççx + ÷
POSITIVE INTEGER INDEX
çè x ø÷
n 2 n- r æ1 ö÷r 2 n
GENERAL TERM OF (x + a ) AND Sol. General term Tr + 1 = Cr (x )
2n 2 çç ÷ = C x 4 n- 3r
çè x ø÷ r

COEFFICIENT OF x n 4n - p
n
n
n nr On putting 4n-3r = p Þ r =
 If n is positive intger, then  x  a   
r0
Cr x .a r
3
(2n)!
n C0xn n C1xn1a n C2xn2a2  .... n Cnan æ ö÷ æ2n + p ö÷
coefficient of x p is çç 4 n - p ç
n çè 3 ø÷ ÷!èçç 3 ø÷ ÷!
i) The number of terms in the expansion  x  a  is
n
 n  1 n æ 1 ö÷
W.E-3:The coefficient of x in (1 + x ) ççç1 + - n ÷ is
x ø÷

n
ii) The sum of the powers of x and a in any term in the è

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n 2n
expansion of  x  a  is n. (1+ x)
Sol. =
iii) The general term in the expansion of  x  a  is
n n al xn
\ coefficient of x- n is coefficient of x 0 in
Tr 1  nCr x nr a r 2n
ur
2n
1  x  is C0 = 1
n

iv) 1  x 
n   nCr xr n
o

n
r 0   x  a    1 r n
Cr x nr a r
uj

r 0
 n C 0  n C 1 x  n C 2 x 2  ....  n C n x n n
 n C0 x n  n C1 x n 1a  n C2 x n 2 a 2 .....   1 n Cn a n
Ed

v) Tr 1  n C r x r The general term of this expansion is

n r n
vi) C0 , nC1 , nC2 ,..... nCn are binomial coefficients in Tr 1   1 Cr x nr a r
n
the expansion of  x  a  W.E-4: If ab ¹ 0 and the sum of the coefficientss
vii) The binomial coefficients which are equidistant from 11
æx 2 b ö÷
the begining and from the ending are equal. ç
of x 7 and x 4 in the expansion of çç - ÷ ÷ is
i.e nC0  n Cn ; nC1  n Cn1; nC2  n C n2 ;..... etc è a x ø÷
n n
zero, then [EAM-2012]
viii) The expansions of  x  a  and  a  x  are equal 11 r r
 x2   b 
but their respective terms are not equal. Sol. Tr + 1 = 11Cr  a   
   x 
15
W.E-1:The coefficient of x 9 in (1+ 3x + 3x 2 + x3 ) x 22 3 r  x 7 , x 22 3 r  x 4
is 22  3r  7 , 22  3r  4 ; r  5 , r  6
3 15
(
Sol. (1 + x ) ) 45
= (1 + x )
coefficient of x 7
 11
 b5  4
C5  6  ; x  11C6
 b6 
 5
a
  a 
9 45!
Tr 1  45 Cr x r ; Coefficient of x =  b6   b5  1
36!9! 11C6  5   11C5  6   0 ; b   0, ab  1
a
  a
  a
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W.E-5: If the coefficients of x 3 and x 4 in the  (i)The number of terms in the expansion of
18  n  2  n  1
expansion of (1 + ax + bx2 )(1- 2 x) in powers
n n
 x  a   x  a is
2
if n is even,
2
of x are both zero, then (a, b) is equal to if n is odd.
[MAINS-14] (ii) The number of terms in the expansion of
Sol. Coefficient of x 3  coeff. of x 3 in
n n  n  1
18
1  2x   coeff .of x 2 in a 1  2x  
18
 x  a   x  a is n/2 if n is even,
2
if n

coeff. of x in b 1  2x 
18 is odd.
W.E-8:The number of terms in the expansion of
 18 c3 .23  a.18 c2 .22  b.18 c1.2  0
20 20

34  16
(x + 2 y ) + (x - 2 y ) is
17a  b  ..... 1
3 n
Sol. The number of terms = + 1 (where n=20)
similarly coeff. of 2
x 4 18 c4 .24  a.18 c3 .23  b.18 c2 .2 2  0 20
= + 1 = 11
2

n
32a  3b  240....  2 

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solve (1) & (2)  a  16 ; b 
3
W.E-6:The coefficient of x n in the expansion of
n al
 The expansion of  a1  a2  a3  ...  ar  is called
multinomial theorem
n

n  The number of terms in

ur
(1 + x )(1- x) is
n
n  a1  a2  a3  ...  ar 
Sol. (1 + x )(1- x ) = (1 + x )
o

n  r 1
is cr 1  n  N  ·
uj

(C -
n
0
n n 2
C1 x + C2 x - ..... + (- 1) . Cn x
n n n
) W.E-9: The number of terms in the expansion of
Ed

coefficient x is (- 1) Cn + (- 1) . Cn- 1
n
n n n- 1 n
(a + b + c +d)n is
n Sol. Put r = 4 in above formulae ( n r 1 cr 1  n  N  )
= (- 1) (1- n )
( n  1)(n  2)(n  3)
W.E-7: The coefficient of x 7 in the expansion of No. of terms =
3!
6
(1- x - x 2 + x 3 ) is [AIEEE-2011] W.E-10: The number of distinct terms in
6 2 6 3
Sol. = (1- x ) (1- x ) (a + b + c + d + e) is
coefficient of x 7 Sol. r = 5, n = 3

= (- 6 C1 ´ - 6 C 3 )+ (- 6 C 3 ´ + 6 C 2 ) + (- 6 C5 ´ - 6 C1 ) Number of terms = n+ r- 1 Cr- 1 =35

= 120 - 300 + 36 = –144  The general term in the expansion of

n

n
 x  a   x  a
n
  x1  x2  ....  x p  is

2  n C0 x n  n C2 x n 2 a 2  n C4 x n 4 a 4  ..... n! n
x1n1 x2n2 ....x p p
n n n1 !n2 ! ...n p !
  x  a   x  a 
where n1  n2  ....n p  n
2  n C1 x n 1a1  n C3 x n3a 3  n C5 x n 5a 5  .....

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 Coefficient of W.E-14: The middle term in the expansion of
p q r
n na b c æ 1 ö÷
2n

x p y q z r in  ax  by  cz  is ççx - ÷ is
p!q!r! çè x ø÷
where p  q  r  n & n, p, q, r  N
æ(2n) ö÷th
ç + 1÷
W.E-11: The coefficient of a 3b 4 c 5 in the expansion Sol. middle term = çç ÷ term
è 2 ø÷
12
of (a + b + c ) is 2n n
Tn + 1 = Cn (- 1)
Sol. The coefficient of a b c in the expansion of
3 4 5

1.3.5......(2n - 1) n
12 12! middle term= (- 2)
(a + b + c ) = = 27720 n!
3!4 !5!
Middle term: If n is odd there will be two  If n  2, n  N , then
n n n n
middle terms in the expansion of  x  a  , which  2n  1   2 n    2 n  1

th th  If the coefficients of x r 1, x r , x r 1 in

 n 1   n3

n
are   and   terms n 2
 2   2  1  x  are in A.P. then  n  2r   n  2

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 If n is even there will be only one middle term in the

n n 
expansion of  x  a  , which is   1 term
th
n al
 If the coefficients of r th ,(r  1)th ,( r  2)th terms in
the expansion of (1  x)n are in H.P, then
2 
ur
 If n is odd. there are two greatest binomial ( n  2r ) 2  n  0
n Coefficient of x n1 in
coefficients in the expansion of  x  a  , which 
o

n  x  1  x   2  ............  x   n 
uj

n n
Cn1 C n1 C n1  n C n1
are and also .
2 2 2 2 is   1   2  ........   n 
Ed

 If n is even, there is only one greatest binomial

n
 Coefficient of x n1 in
coefficient in the expansion of  x  a  ,
n
 x  1  x   2  ............  x   n 
Cn
which is is  1   2  ........   n 
2
2n
W.E-12:The middle term of (1- 3x + 3x 2 - x3 ) is  Coefficient of xn2 in

(
Sol. (1- x )
3 2n
) = (1- x)
6n  x  1  x   2  ............  x   n 
2

æ6n ö
th
is
 1   2  ........  n  
 12   22  ........   n2 
middle term = ççç + 1÷
3n 2
÷ term = 6 n C3n (- x )
è2 ø÷
W.E-13:The coefficient of the middle term in the Independent term: The term Independent
binomial expansion in powers of x of  p b 
n

4 6 of x in the expansion of  ax  q  is
(1+ a x) and of (1- a x) is the same if a =  x 

3 3 np
Sol. 4 C2a 2 = 6 C3 (- a ) ; a = - Tr 1 = n Cr a nr b r , where r  (integer)
10 pq

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W.E-15: The term independent of x in the Binomial coefficients:

æ x+ 1 x - 1 ö÷
10 nCo , nC1 , nC2 ,...............nCn are called the binomial
expansion of ççç - ÷ is coefficients in the expansion of (x+a)n. They are
è x 2/3 - x1/3 + 1 x - x1/2 ø÷
denoted by co, c1, c2, - - - cn respectively.
10
æ 1/3 x1/2 + 1ö÷ co, c1, c2, - - - , cn are the binomial coefficients in
ç
Sol. = çç(x + 1)- ÷ [MAINS-2013] the expansion of (1 +x)n.
è x1/2 ø÷÷
n
- 1/2 10 - 1/2 10
a) c0  n c1  n c2  n c3  .....  ncn  2n
= (x + 1- 1- x
1/3
) = (x - x
1/3
) n
b) c0  n c1  n c2  n c3  .....  (1)n. n
cn  0
th
If (r + 1) term is the term independent of x n1
c) nC  nC  nC  .....  nC  nC  ......  2
0 2 4 1 3
10 (1 / 3)
then r = = 4 d) n
c1  2. n c2  3. n c3  ...  n. ncn  n.2 n 1
1/ 3+ 1/ 2
Q The term independent of x is c1 c c (1  x)n1 1
4 e) c0  x  2 x2  ...  n xn 
T5 = 10 C4 (- 1) = 10 C4 =210 2 3 n 1 (n 1) x
c1 c2 c3 c 2 n 1  1

n
 The term containing the coefficient of x m in the f) c0     ...  n 
2 3 4 n 1 n 1

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n
 p b  c c c c 1
expansion of  ax  q  is Tr 1 c0  1  2  3 ......(1)n n 
 x 
np  m
n al
g)
2 3 4
c2 c4 2n
n1 n1

i.e, Tr 1 = n Cr a nr b r , where r  (integer) h) c0    ... 

pq
ur
3 5 n 1
 ‘r’th term from end in the expansion of
n
C1 C3 C5 2n  1
 x  y i)    ...... 
o

is  n  r  2 th term from begining.

2 4 6 n 1
uj

Numerically greatest term: Numerically j) a. C0 + (a+d) . C1 + (a + 2d) . C2+

greatest term in the expansion of (1+ x)n where n is .......+ (a + nd). Cn = (2a + nd) 2n-1
Ed

a positive interger. k) a. C0 - (a+d) . C1 + (a + 2d) . C2-

n  1 | x | ......+ (-1)n(a + nd). Cn = 0
a) If 1 | x |
= p (an integer), then pth term and 2 2 2 2
l) C0  C1  C2  .............  Cn  2nCn
(p + 1)th term are the two numerically greatest terms
m) c02  c12  c22  c32  ...  (1)n . cn2
in (1 + x)n Also | t p || t p 1 | .
(1)n / 2 n c
b) If (n  1) | x | = p + F where p is an integer and 

n
2 , if n is even
1 | x |
0 < F < 1, then (p + 1)th term is the numerically 0, if n is odd

greatest term in (1 +x)n.
n) a C02  ( a  d ).C12  ( a  2d ).C22 
W.E-16: Numerically the greatest term in the
3  2a  nd  2n
9
expansion of (2 + 3 x ) when x = , is ..........   a  nd  .Cn2    . Cn
2  2 
9 æ 3x ö÷9
9ç o) c0cr  c1cr  1  .......
Sol. (2 + 3 x ) = 2 ççè1 + ø÷ ,r=6
2÷
 2n !
7 ´ 313 + cn  r cn 2n cn  r 
So, greatest term = 29.T6+ 1 =  n  r ! n  r !
2
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m
p) C0 .n Cr  m C1.n Cr 1  m C2 .n Cr 2  ...... W.E-19: If the sum of the coefficients in the
mn n
 m Cr .n C0  Cr expansion of (1- 3x + 10 x 2 ) is a and if the
q) (C0 + C1 )(C1 + C2 ).....(Cn- 1 + Cn ) sum of the coefficients in the expansion of
n

(C0C1C2 .....Cn- 1 )(n + 1)

n (1+ x2 ) is b, then
=
n! Sol. Put x= 1, in both expansions.

r) In the expansion of (1+ x ) ,

n i.e., 8n = a and 2n = b \ a = b3

+ 2 2 + 3 3 + ..... + n n = 
C1 C C C n n  1 W.E-20: If ak is the coefficient of x k in the
C0 C1 C2 Cn- 1 2 n
expansion of (1+ x + x 2 ) for k = 0,1,2,....2n
s) Let f(x) be any polynomial in x
a. Sum of the coefficients = f(1) then a1 + 2a2 + 3a3 + .... + 2n a2 n = [EAM-2007]
b. Sum of the coefficients of even powers of Sol. Differentiating w.r.t x, put x = 1
f (1)  f ( 1) a1 + 2a2 + 3a3 + .... + 2n a2 n = n.3n

n
x=
2

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c. Sum of the coefficients of odd powers of  The coefficient of x r in 1  x m 1  x n is  m  n cr

x=
f (1)  f ( 1)
n al
 The coefficient of the term independent of x in the
n
2 m  1
expansion of 1  x  1   is m  nCn
ur
2 6  x
W.E-17: If (1+ x- 2x ) = 1+ a1x + a2x + ...+ a12x 2 12

Greatest Term: If the greatest term in the

o

then a2 + a4 + a6 + ..... + a12 has the value 2n

expansion of 1  x  has also greatest coefficient,
uj

Sol. put x = 1 and x = –1 and adding these results.

n n 1
Ed

a2 + a4 + a6 + ..... + a12 = 31 then x

n 1 n
2 n 1
W.E-18: The sum of the series the greatest term in the expansion of 1  x 
20 20
C0 - C1 + 20 C2 - 20
C3 + ..... - ..... + 20 C10 is n 1 n 1
has also greatest coefficient, then x
n 1 n 1
[AIEEE-2007]
20 BINOMIALTHEOREMFOR RATIONALINDEX
(1 + x) = 20 C0 + 20 C1x + 20 C2 x 2 +
Sol. 20
 The no.of rational terms in the expansion of
C3 x 3 + ...... + 20 C20 x 20
n
 1l 1
  n 
put x = -1  a  b k
 is L.c.m of l , k  greatest integer

    
é20 C0 - 20 C1 + 20 C2 - 20 C3 + ù
Þ 0 = 2 êê ú- 20
C10 function when none of l and k is a factor of ‘n’ and
êë ..... - ..... + C10 úúû
20
when at least one of l and k is a factor of n is
20 20
\ C0 - C1 + 20 C2 - 20
C3 + ..... - ..... + 20 C10  n 
   1 where . greatest integer
1 20  L.c.m of l , k  
= C10
2 function.

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W.E-21: The number of irrational terms in  1  x 

1
 1  x  x 2  x 3  ...  x r  ...
100
(8
5+ 6
2 ) is  1  x 
1
 1  x  x 2  x3  ..   1 x r  ..
r

2
100- r r
 1  x   1  2 x  3 x 2  4 x 3  ..   r  1 x r  ..
Sol. Tr + 1 = 100 Cr ( ) ( )
8
5 6
2 = 100 Cr 5(100- r )/8.2r /6
2 r
 1  x   1  2 x  3x 2  4 x 3  ..   1  r  1 x r  ..
\ r = 12,36,60,84
 (1 -x)-3 = 1 +3x + 6x2 + 10x3 + .....
The number of rational terms = 4
No. of irrational terms = 101– 4 = 97  r  1 r  2 x r  ...........
+
r
W.E-22: If n is a positive integer, then
 (1 +x) = 1 -3x + 6x2 - 10x3 + ........
-3
2n 2n
( 3+ 1 ) -( 3- 1 ) is [AIEEE-2012]  r  1 r  2 x r  ...........
+ (-1)r
2n 2n
r
( 3+ 1 ) - ( 3 - 1)  Number of terms in 1  x  is
n

Sol. é 2 n- 1 2 n- 3 ù
= 2 ê2 n 1 C ( 3 ) + C ( 3)
2n
3 + ....ú (i) ‘n+1 when ‘n’ positive integer.
êë úû (ii) infinite when ‘n’ is not a positive integer & |x|<1

n
is an irrational number p

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 First negative term in 1  x  q when 0<x<1, p,q


Binomial Theorem for Negative Index
If n is a rational number and - 1 < x < 1, then
n al are positive integers & ‘p’ is not a multple of ‘q’ is
T p 
  3
n n  n  1 2 q 
1  x   1  nx  x
ur
a. |2 W.E-23: If x is positive, the first negative term in
27/5
n  n  1 n  2  3
o

the expansion of (1 + x ) is
 x  .....
|3 Sol. Required Term
uj

n  n  1 n  2  ......... n  r  1 r T  27   T8
Ed

+ x  ...... =  5 3
r!  

n  n  1 2 T8 is the first negative term

b. 1  x  n
 1  nx  x - ....
|2  Approximations: If ‘x’ is very small so that
r n n 1 n  2 ......... n  r 1 r
x 2 and higher powers of ‘x’ can be neglected. Then
+ (1) x ........... n
|r 1  x   1  nx

c. 1xn 1nx nn1 x2  nn1n2 x3 ... W.E-24: If (a + bx ) =

1 1 - 3
+ x + .... then the
|2 |3 27 3
n n1 n2 ......... nr 1 ordered pair (a, b) = [EAMCET-2014]
 xr ........... - 3
|r æ b ö 1 1
Sol. a ççç1 + x÷
- 3
÷
÷ = + x + .....
n(n  1) 2 è a ø 27 3
d. (1  x)  n  1  nx  x 
2! 1 é 3b ù 1 1
Þ ê1- x + .....ú= + x + .......
n(n  1)(n  2) 3 a3 êë a úû 27 3
x ....
3!
- 3b 1
n n1 n2 ......... nr 1 Þ a 3 = 27, = ; (a, b) = (3, -9)
 1
r
xr ........... a4 3
|r

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W.E-25: If x is so small that x3 and higher powers  13.C1  23.C2  33.C3  43.C4  .....  (1)n n3 .Cn  0

3/2 æ 1 ö3 n
(1 + x) - ççç1 + x÷÷÷   r (r  1)n Cr  n(n  1)2n 2
of x may be neglected, then è 2 ø
r 0
1/2
(1- x)
n
may be approximated as   r (r  1)(r  2)n Cr  n(n  1)(n  2)2 n 3
r 0
æ 3 ö æ 3 3 ö
çç1 + .x + 3 / 4 x 2 ÷
÷- ççç1 + x + x 2 ÷÷  If (1  x ) n  C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  .....  Cn x n
çè 2 2! ÷
ø è 2 4 ø÷
Sol. = 1/2
(1- x) 1
Then  (i  j )Ci C j  n(22 n 1  2nC n )
0 i  j  n 2
- 3 2 - 1/2 3
= x (1- x ) = - x 2
8 8
C.U.Q
1  x n 1
 1  x  x 2 .......  x n  where x  1
1 x 1. If n is a positive integer, then the number of
 If ncr 1 : ncr : ncr 1  a : b : c then terms in the expansion of (x+a)n is
1) n 2) n+1 3) n+2 4) infinitely many

n
a b  c ab  bc  2ca 2. The number of terms in the expansion of

.i
r 2
, n (x+y+z)n is
b  ac b 2  ac


n
n
n
For n  6,    n !   
n
n al 1)
n  n  1
2
2)
 n  1 n  2 
2!
3 2
ur
n n  n  3  n  1 n  3
 n n 1   n  1 , n  N 3) 4)
2 2
o

n1 n 2n
 n n   n  1 , n  N 3. If the coefficient of x in (1+x) is ‘a’ and the
uj

 Divisibility: (1   ) n  1 is divisible by  a
coefficient of xn in (1+x)2n-1 is b, then =
b
Ed

W.E-26: The remainder left out when 1) 2n + 1 2) 4n + 1 3) 2n 4) n

2n 2 n+ 1
8 - (62) is divided by 9 is [AIEEE-2009] 4. If the middle term of 1 x 2n is the greatest
Sol. 8 2 n - (62)
2 n+ 1 2n
= (9 - 1) - (63 - 1)
2 n+ 1 term, then x lies between
n n 1
é2 n C0 92 n + 2 n C1 92 n- 1 (- 1)+ ... ù 1) n  1  x  n 2) x
n 1 n
= êê 2 n- 1
ú
ú
2n
êë + C2n- 1 9 (- 1) + 1úû n 1 n
3) n  x  n  1 4) x
n n 1
n
é2 n+ 1 C (63)2 n+ 1 - 2 n+ 1 C (63)2 n + ù 2

- êê
0 1 ú
ú
5. If n is a positive integer, 
r0
n
Cr  
(2 n+ 1)
ê
ë ..... - C2 n (63)- 1 úû
n
2 n ! 2n!
so remainder is 1- (- 1)= 2 1) 0 2) Cn / 2 3) 4)
n! n ! 2
6. I n (1+ax) n, sum of the coefficients is S1. If we
 (1   )n  n  1 is divisible by  2
double ‘a’ and half ‘n’, the new sum is S2. Then
 (1   ) n  nC2 2  n  1 is divisible by  3 1) S1 > S2 2) S1 < S2
3) S1 = S2 4) Cannot be decided
 12.C1  22.C2  32.C3  42.C4  .....  (1)n n2 .Cn  0

NARAYANAGROUP 101
BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I

7. In the binomial expansion of (a  b)n , n  5, the 1

15. The coefficient of in the expansion of
sum of 5th and 6th terms is zero then a/b equal x
to [ AIEEE - 2008 ] n
n 1
5 6 n 5 n4 1  x   1   is
1). 2) 3) 4)  x
n4 n 5 6 5
n! 2n !
8.      
2n 2 2n 2 2n 2
c0  c1  c2  .... c2n = 2n 2
 1)
 n  1! n  1 ! 2) n  1! n  1 !
1) 2ncn 2) (-1)n.2ncn 3) (-1)n/2.ncn/2 4) (-1)n/2.2ncn n! 2n !
3) 2n  1 ! 2n  1 ! 4) 2n  1 ! 2n  1 !
9. The coefficient of x p in the expansion of
2n 16. The ratio of  r  1 th and  r  1 th terms in
 2 1
x   , when exists is the expansion of  a  b  is
n
 x
2n C 4n  p 2n C 2n  p  n  r  2  n  r  1 . b 2
1) 2) 1) r  r  1 a2
3 3

n
2n C n  p nC np  n  r  2  n  r  1 . a 2
3) 4) 2)

.i
r  r  1 b2
3 3
10. If a term independent of x exist in the

 1 
n
n al 3) 
 nr2 b
 r
.
 a
4)  .
 r 1  a
 n  r 1 b

expansion of  x  2  ,then n must be 17. If a, b, c, d are any four consecutive coefficients

x 
ur

in the expansion of (1+x)n, then
1) a multiple of 2 2) a multiple of 3
3) a multiple of 5 4) a multiple of 7 a b c
o

, , are in
ab bc cd
11. In the expansion of a  b n if two consecutive
uj

1) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) A.G.P

n  1b n  1a n
Ed

terms are equal, then and are n i

ab ab 18. If 1  x    C i x , then the sum of the
i0
1) integers 2) complex numbers
3) irrational numbers 4) does not exist products of Ci ‘s taken two at a time is
12. In the expansion of 1 x n if the coefficients  ci c j
represented by 0 i  j  n
of three consecutive terms are in A.P. then n+2
is n 2n ! 2n !
1) 2  2) 2n 
2 n !2
2
1) n 2 2) a perfect square 2 n!

3) a perfect cube 4) n 3
1  2n (2n)!  22n
13. If the coefficient of x 2r in the expansion of 3) 2  2  (n!) 2  4)
  2n!2
n 3
 1   n  2r  19. If 1  x  1  x  x2 1  x  x2  x3  ......
 x  2  is not zero, then  3  is
 x    m

1) a rational number 2) a positive integer  

1 x  x2 .....  xn  a0  a1x  a2 x2 ......  amx
3) a negative integer 4) a positive rational number Then the value of
m C r  m C r 1 .n c1  m C r  2 .n C 2  ...  n C r  m
14. a0  a1  a 2  a3  ........   1 am is
1) m  n C n  r 2) m  n C m  r 3) m  n C r 4) 0 1) (n-2) 2) (m-1) 3) 0 4) mn

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20. The sum of rC   r 1C   r  2C ........nC  n  r 

r r r r
5. C02  C12  C22  ..........  Cn2  2 n Cn
6. Substitute n. a, values and verify
1) nCr1 2) n  1Cr 1 3) n  1Cr 4) n  1Cr 1
21. The digit in the units place of the number 7. Given T5  T6  0 n C4an4b4 n c5an5b5  0
183! 3183 is 8. subsititute a positive integer for n and verify
1)0 2) 3 3) 6 4) 7 4n  p
9. r
22. The last digit in 7 is
100
3
1) 1 2) 3 3) 7 4) 9 2n
23. The coefficient of a b c d in the expansion of
4 3 2  2 1
p 2n
Coefficient of x in  x   is c4 n p
(a-b+c-d)10 is  x 3

1) 12600 2) 16200 3) 21600 4) 26100 np

24. If Tr denotes the rth term in the expansion of 10. Use the formula r 
pq
23
 1
x  ,then
 x b a
 n  1  n  1
1) T12  T13 2) T13  x T12 2 a b
and
11. b a are integers

n
3) T12  x 2T13 4) T12  T13  25 1 1
a b

.i
5
25. In the expansion of x  x log10  x

 the third term 12.

al  n  2r 
2
 n2
is 10 then x
6
 n  3 1  2r  0
n
1) 1 2) 2 3) 10 4) 100 13.
3
ur
1
26. The value of 1.03 up to 4 decimal places is
3
n  2r n  2r
1  0  Should be an integer
o

1) 1.0998 2) 1.0099 3) 1.0098 4) 1.0989 3 3

27. The binomial coefficients which are in
uj

decreasing order 14. Vandermonde’s theorem m  n  C r

Ed

1) 15C5 ,15C6 ,15C7 2) 15C10 ,15C8 ,15C9 1 n 1

n

15. Coefficient of in 1  x   1   =
3) 15C6 ,15C7 ,15C8 4) 15C7 ,15C6 ,15C5 x  x
2n
Coefficient of x n 1 in 1  x 
C.U.Q - KEY
1) 2 2) 2 3) 1 4) 2 5) 4 6) 1 7) 4 Tr 1
16. T
8) 2 9) 2 10) 2 11) 1 12) 2 13) 2 14)3 r 1

15) 2 16) 1 17) 1 18) 3 19) 3 20) 2 21) 4 17. n cr  a, n cr 1  b, n cr 2  c , n cr 3  d

22) 1 23) 1 24) 3 25) 3 26) 2 27) 4 substitute above in the expansion and simplfy
18. Standard result
C.U.Q - HINTS 19. Put x=-1
1. n is positive interger, number of terms = n  1 20. nCr 1  nCr  n  1Cr
2. n  r  1Cr 1 45
21. 31  3,32  9,33  27, 34  81...3183   34  .33
2n
cn
3. 2 n 1
2 and in 183! unit place is ‘0’
cn 25
22. 71  7, 7 2  49, 73  343, 74  2401 and 7100   7 4 
2n  1 x
4. Middle term Tn 1 ; n   n 1 4 10!
x 1 23.  1
4!3!2!1!
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BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I

12 1 1 INDEPENDENT TERM & MIDDLE TERM

24. T12  23C11 x 11
, T13  23C12 x11 12 9. The term independent of x in the expansion
x x
10
2 10  1
6
25. T3  10  5C2 x x 3
 x
log10
 6
 10 , x=10 of (1  x ) .  1  
 x
is
1 1) 10C5 2) 20C10 3) 20C5 4) 10C2
26. 1  0.03 3 expand 10. If the fourth term in the expansion of
n! 1
n
27. nCr   n  r  !r ! 
 px   is 5/2, then (n, p) =
 x
1) (3, 1/2) 2) (6, 1/2) 3) (5, 1/2) 4) (6, 2)
LEVEL-I (C.W) 11. The term independent of x in the expansion of
10
NO.OF TERMS & PARTICULAR TERM  x

3

1. The number of terms in the expansion of  3  x2  is
 
21
1  x  is 1) 5/9 2) 5/3 3) 1/3 4) 4/3
1) 20 2) 21 3) 22 4) 24

n
2n  1
 1
12 12. The middle term of  x   is

.i
 1  x
2. The 4th term in the expansion of  x   is

3
2
3
 x
n al 1) 2n 1
cn .x
3) (-1)n 2n 1 cn
2) 2n 1
cn
4) (-1)n 2n 1 cn .x
1) 110x 2) 220x 2
3) 220x2 4) 110x2
ur

 1
3n PROBLEMS BASED ON RATIOS &
3. The (n+1)th term from the end in x   is NUMERICALLY GREATEST TERM
 x
o

3n -n n
1) Cn.x 2) (-1) . Cn.x-n
n 3n
 1 
uj

3n
3) Cn.xn
4) (-1)n.3nCn.xn 13. In the expansion of  a   if the ratio of
 3a 

PROBLEMS BASED ON COEFFICIENT OF xK the binomial coefficient of the 4th term to the
Ed

5 10
 2 k binomial coefficient of the 3rd term is , the
4. If the coefficient of x in  x   is 270, then 3
 x 5th term is
k= 1) 55a 2) 45a2 3) 50a2 4) 55a2
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6 14. The two successive terms in the expansion of
5. The coefficients of xp and xq (p and q are (1+x) 24 whose coefficients are in the ratio 4 : 1
p+q
positive integers) in the expansion of (1+x) are
are 1) t18, t19 2) t19, t20 3) t20, t21 4) t21, t22
1) equal
5
2) equal with opposite signs 15. When x= , numerically greatest term in the
3) reciprocal to each other 4) unequal 2
6. If the coefficients of 5th, 6th and 7th terms in expansion of (3+2x)15 is
the expansion of (1+x)n are in A.P. then n = 1) 6th 2) 8th 3) 10th 4) 12th
1) 7 2) 14 3) 7 or 14 4) 8 PROBLEMS BASED ON COEFFICIENTS
7. The coefficient of x9 in (1+9x+27x2+27x3)6 is
16. The coefficients of x16 and x17 in (a+bx)101 are
1)18C9.39 2)18C8.39 3)18C10.3 8 4) 8C9.37
equal. If a and b are natural numbers, then the
8. If the coefficient of x in the expansion of
least possible value of ‘a’ is
(1+ax)8(1+3x)4-(1+x)3(1+2x)4 is zero, then a=
1) 1 2) 3 3) 5 4) 7
1) 1/4 2) -1/4 3) 1/8 4) -1/8
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17. The coefficient of xk (0  k  n) in the expansion 28. C1+2C2.a+3.C3.a2+...........+2n.C2n.a2n-1=
of 1+(1+x)+(1+x)2+..........+(1+x)n is 1) n(1+a)n-1 2) n(1+a)n
1) (n+1)Ck 2) nCk 3) nCk+1 4) (n+1)Ck+1 3) 2n(1+a)2n-1 4) 2n(1+a)2n
18. The 21st and 22nd terms in the expansion of 100
44
(1+x) are equal. Then x= 29. If (x-2) 100
=  ar .xr , then a1+2a2+.....+100a100 =
r 0
1) 8/7 2) 7/8 3) 7 4) 8 1) 100 2) -100 3) 1 4) 101
25
19. Sum of the coefficients of 1  x  is 2 n
2n

30. If (1  x  x )   ar x r , then
1) -1 2) 1 3) 0 4) 2 25 r 0
10 4 8
20. Coefficient of x in (1+2x )(1-x) is a1  2a2  3a3  ....  2n.a 2n  ...
1) -56 2) 56 3) 112 4) -112 1) 0 2) 1 3) n 4) -n
NUMBER OF TERMS PROBLEMS BASED ON
21. The total number of terms in the expansion of SUM OF COEFFICIENTS
(x+a)100+(x-a)100 is 31. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion
1) 202 2) 51 3) 101 4) 50 of (x+y)n is 4096, then the greatest coefficient
22. The number of rational terms in the expansion is

n
12 4 1) 11C5 2) 12C5 3) 12C6 4) 14C7
of  3  4 5  is

.i
n
32. In the expansion of (x+a) , sum of the odd
terms is P and the sum of the even terms is Q,
1) 31 2) 32
BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS
3) 33 4) 34
n al
then 4PQ=
1) (x2-a2)n 2) (x+a)2n+(x-a)2n
n 2n 2n
23. If n is odd, nC +nC +nC +.........+ C 2 n/2-1 = 3) (x+a) -(x-a) 4) (x-a)2n-(x+a)2n
ur
1 3 5

where [ ] denotes greatest integer BINOMIAL THEOREM FOR

RATIONAL INDEX
o

1) 2n-1 2) 2n-1-1 3) 2n 4) 2n-1

24. If n  2 then
uj

2
33. Expansion of  4  7 x  5 is valid if
3.C1 - 4.C2 + 5.C3 - ...... +(-1)n-1(n+2).Cn=
Ed

1) -1 2) 2 3) -2 4) 1 4 4
1) x< 2) x>
C1 C C 7 7
2
25. 2.C0  2 .  23. 2  ..........  2 n 1. n 
2 3 n 1 4 4 4 4
3) - <x< 4)   x 
7 7 7 7
3n 1  1 3 n 1  1 3n  1 3n  1
1) 2) 3) 4) 34. In the expansion of (2-3x)-1, the 3rd term is
2( n  1) n 1 n 1 n 1
2 2 2 2 9x2 9x2 27 x 3 27 x 3
26. C0 +3.C1 +5.C2 +.........+(2n+1).Cn = 1) 2) 3) 4)
1) (n+1)2n 2) (2n+1)2ncn 4 8 8 16

3) (n+1).2ncn 4)  2n  1 2n
cn (1  x)2
n
35. The coefficient of x in is
(1  x)3
C0 C1 C2 Cn
27.    ..........   1) 3n2+2n+1 2) 2n2+2n+1
1.2 2.3 3.4 (n  1)(n  2)
3) 3n2+n+1 4) 2n2-2n+1
4
2n 1  n 2n  2  n  3 36. Coefficient of x in the expansion of
1) 2) 1
(n  1)(n  2) (n  1)(n  2)
is
( x  1)( x  2)
2n  1 2n 1  1
3) 4) 1 11 21 31
n 1 (n  1)(n  2) 1) 2) 3) 4)
32 32 32 32
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 BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I
37. Coefficient of x n in the expansion of 45. Sum of the coefficients of all integral power
(1-2x+3x2-4x3+.............  )2 is 40

n (n  1)(n  2) n (n  1)( n  2)
of x is 1  2 x is  
1) 2) (-1)
3! 3! 340  1 340  1 338  1 338  1
1) 2) 3) 4)
( n  1)(n  2)(n  3) 2 2 2 2
3)
3! 46. If c is small in comparision with l then
n (n  1)( n  2)( n  3) 1 1

4)  1  l 2  l 2
3!     =
l c l c
38. If x is small, then x 2  16  x 2  9 
3c 3c 2 3c 2 3c
1) 2  2) 2  3) l  4) l 
x2 x2 x2 x2 4l 4l 2
4l 2
4l
1) 1+ 2) 1- 3) 1+ 4) 1-
24 24 48 48 47. If the number of terms in the expansion of
n
7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1 
39. 5 1  102  1.2 . 104  1.2.3 . 106  .....   
x  y  z
are 36, then the value of n
  1) 7 2) 9 3) 4 4) 2
2 48. Coefficient of x in the expansion of
7

n
1) 2 2) 2 2 3) 21/3 4)
3 3 10
1  3x  2 x  .

.i
1 1.3 1.3.5
40. If z   
3 3.6 3.6.9
1) z2-2z+2=0
 ... then

2) z2-2z-2=0
n al 1) 62640 2) 64620
LEVEL-I (C.W) - KEY
3) 65640 4) 62330

3) z2+2z-2=0 4) z2+2z+2=0 1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 1 5) 1 6) 3 7) 1
ur

 2x  n(n  1)  2x 
2 8) 4 9) 2 10) 2 11) 2 12) 4 13) 4 14) 3
41. If | x | 1 then 1 n 
 1  x 
 . 
2!  1  x  15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 2 19) 3 20) 2 21) 2
o

.... 22) 2 23) 2 24) 2 25) 2 26) 3 27) 2 28) 3

uj

n n n n
 1 x 1 x  1 x  2x  29) 2 30) 4 31) 3 32) 3 33) 3 34) 2 35) 2
1)   2)   3)   4)  
Ed

1 x 1 x 2x  1 x 36) 4 37) 4 38) 2 39) 1 40) 3 41) 1 42) 2

1 1.4 1.4.7 43) 2 44) 1 45) 2 46) 2 47) 1 48) 1
42. 1     .....  =
5 5.10 5.10.15
LEVEL-I (C.W) - HINTS
1 1 1. n+1
1  5 3 1  5 3
1) 3 5 2) 3 5
3)   4)   2. Use the formula Tr 1  n cr x nr a r
2 2 22
th
43. The sum of the series 3.  3n   n  1  2  term from begining
k k ( k  1) k (k  1)(k  2) np  m
1    ... is r
3 3.6 3.6.9 4.
pq
4 k
2 3 2 3 5. Coefficient of x p  pq
cP
1)   2)   3) 4)
3 2 3 2 p q
coefficient of x q  cq
BINOMIAL THEOREM APPLICATIONS
6. n2   4r  1 n  4r 2  2  0 where r  5
1000000
44. which is larger 1.01 or 10000
7. Coefficient of x9 in (1  3 x)18 18 C9 39
1000000
1) 1.01 2) 10000 8. Coefficient of x in
8 4 3 4
3) can’t say 4) both are equal 1  ax  1  3 x   1  x  1  2 x  is 8a  1
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20 1
1  x  20 1  3x 
9.  independent term is c10 34. Coefficient of x in  1   2
x10 2 2 
n n 3 1 5 2
35. 1  x  1  x 
3
10. c3  px  
x3 2
36. Split into partial fractions and use infinite series
np formula
11. Use the formula r 
pq 4
37. 1  x 
12. Middle Terms are n  1, n  2
1/ 2 1/ 2
Tr 1  x2   x2 
13. T 38.  1  
4  3 1  
r
 16   9 
n  p/q
14. Cr 1 : nCr  4 :1 39 to 43. 1  x 
 n  1 x 44. 1.01
1000000
 1  0.01
1000000

15. Use the formula 1  x

f 1  f  1
45.

n
16. T17  T18 simplfy 2
17. Multiply and divide with 1  x and simplfy

.i
c
46.  1
18. T21  T22
19. Put x  1
al
n
47.
l
 n  1 n  2  72
8
20. Expand 1  x  and pick up coeff. x 10
48. Apply multi nomial
ur

100 100 100 98 2

21. 2  C0 x  C2 x a ........
LEVEL-I (H.W)
o

 124 
uj

22.  L.C .M of  2, 4    1 PROBLEMS BASED ON COEFFICIENT OF xK

 
Ed

23. Substitute a positive integer for n and verify 15

 2 2 
24. Substtute n and Verify the options 1. The coefficient of x in  3x  2 
30
is
n 1
 3x 
x2 x n 1 1  x   1 1) 15C2.38.27 2) 15C1.37.28
25. c0 x  c1  ....  cn 
2 n 1 n 1 3) 3 15
4) 314.22
put x = 2 5
26. Substitute a positive integer for n and verify  2 c
27. Substitute a positive integer for n and verify 2. The coefficient of y in  y   is
 y
2n
28. 1  a   c0  c1a  c2 a 2  ....c2 n a 2 n 1) 20c 2) 10c 3) 10c3 4) 20c2
differentiate both sides w.r.t a 3. The greatest binomial coefficient in the
29. Differentiate with respect x both sides and 12
 32 
then put x  1  x .y  2 
expansion of  2 3  is
30. Differentiate and put x  1  x. y 2 
 
31. 2n  4096, Find and ncn /2 1) 12C5 2) 12C6 3) 12C5.22 4) 12C6.23
32. 4PQ   P  Q    P  Q 
2 2 4. If the coefficients of (2r+4)th term and
(r-2)th term in the expansion of (1+x)18 are
7x equal, then r =
33. 1
4 1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 7

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BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I
5. Coefficient of x 5 in the expansion of 15. The ratio of the rth term and the (r+1)th term
20 in the expansion of (1+x)n is
 1 
(1+x)10.  1   is r 1
 x 1) 2)
(n  r  1) x (n  r  1) x
1) 30C5 2) 10C5 3) 20C5 4) 30C20
15 r (n  r  1) x
 4 1  3) 4)
6. The coefficient of x -17 in  x  3  is n  r 1 r
 x 
3
1) -15C11 2) 15C11 3) 15C5 4) -15C5 16. When x=1, y= , numerically greatest term in
7. If the coefficients of (3r)th and (r+2)th terms 2
2n
in the expansion of (1+x) are equal the expansion of (2x-3y)12 is
(r>1, n>2), then 1) 6th 2) 8th 3) 10th 4) 12th
1) n=2r 2) n=3r 3) n = 2r+1 4)n = 4r
PROBLEMS BASED ON COEFFICIENT
INDEPENDENT TERM & MIDDLE TERM 17. If the first three terms in the expansion of
12 (1+ax)n are 1, 8x, 24x2 respectively, then a=
 1 
8. The term independent of x in  2x  2  is 1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 8
 2x 

n
18. The coefficients of 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in
1) -12C3.26 2) -12C5.22 3) 12C6 4) 12C4.24 the expansion of (1+x)n are in A.P. then n=

.i
20
1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) 14
9.



3
The term independent of x in  2 x  1
x3
n 

 is

al  1 
8

19. In the binomial expansion of  y  4  , the

1) 20C8.28.312 2) -20C8.28.312  2 y
ur

3) 20C7.27.313 4) -20C7.27.313 terms in the expansion in which the power of y

is a natural number are
o

9
 1
10. The term independent of x in  x 2   is 1) T1, T5 2) T1, T2, T3, T4
uj

 x
1) 1 2) -1 3) 48 4) 84 3) T2, T4 4) T1, T3, T5
11. The term independent of x in the expansion of 20. In the expansion of (1+x) n, the binomial
Ed

10
coefficients of 3 consecutive terms are
 x 2 respectively 220, 495 and 792, then n=
  2  is ...
 2 x  1) 4 2) 8 3) 12 4) 16
1) 45/64 2) 64/45 3) 6/5 4) 4/5 21. The coefficients of 9th, 10th and 11th terms in
18
the expansion of (1+x)n are in A.P. then
 2 n=
12. In  x   , the term independent of x is
 x 1) 7 2) 7 or 14 3) 14 4) 21
n
C6 2) 2. C6 3) 18 C6 .26 4) 16. C6 22.
18 In the expansion of (x+y) , if the binomial
18 18
1)
coefficient of the third term is greater by 9 then
13. The middle term in the expansion of (1+x)2n is
that of the second term, then the sum of the
1) 2nCn 2) 2nCn-1.xn+1 3) 2nCn-1.xn-1 4) 2nCn.xn
binomial coefficients of the terms occupying
PROBLEMS BASED ON RATIOS & the odd places is
NUMERICALLY GREATEST TERM 1) 29 2) 26 3) 25 4) 28
14. The ratio of the coefficient of x10 in (1-x2)10 and 23. The value of (1.02)4+(0.98)4 correct to three
10 decimal places is
 2
the term independent of x in  x   is 1) 2.004 2) 2.005 3) 2.0064) 1.995
 x
24. Coefficient of x4 in (1+x-2x2)6 is
1) 32 : 1 2) -32 : 1 3) -1 : 32 4) 1 : 32 1) -60 2) -45 3) 45 4) 15
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 JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I BINOMIAL THEOREM
25. Sum of the third from the begining and the third BINOMIAL THEOREM FOR
from the end of the binomial coefficients of the RATIONAL INDEX
n
expansion of  4
3 3
4  is equal to 9900. 1
, coefficient of x4 is
36. In the expansion of
Number of rational terms contained in the 13x
expansion is 1) 81 2) 27 3) -27 4) 28
1) 8 2) 9 3) 10 4) 11 37. In the expansion of (1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4)-2,
26. The sum of the coefficients in the expansion coefficient of x10 is
of (1+x-3x2)2143 is 1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) 9
2143
1) 0 2) 1 3) -1 4) (-2) 3 x
27. Sum of the coefficients in the expansion of 38. In the expansion of 1  x 2 coefficient of x r
(5x-4y)n where n is a positive integer is  
1) 1 2) 9n 3) (-1)n 4) 5n is 9 then r =
12 1) 3 2) 4 3) 3.5 4) 4.5
r
28. If (1+x-2x ) =  r
2 6 a . x , then a2+a4+.......+a12= 39. If n is a positive integer, then the coefficient
r 0
1) 64 2) 63 3) 32 4) 31 n
(1  2 x) n
of x in the expansion of is
1 x

n
BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS
1) n.3n 2) (n-1)3n 3) (n+1)3n 4) 3n

.i
2n
29. C2+2nC4+......+2nC2n=
INFINITE SERIES
1) 22n 2) 22n-1 3) 22n-1
30. C0+2.C1+3.C2+............+(n+1).Cn=
4) 22n-1-1 al
 2n  n(n  1)  2n 
n

2

1) (n+2)2n 2) n.2n 3) n.2n-1 4) (n+2)2n-1 40. 1+n  1  n     ....... 

2!  1  n 
ur

C1 C2 C3 Cn n n n n
31. C  2 C  3 C  ...........  n C   1 n 
1) 
 1 n   1  3n   1 n 
 2)   3)   4)  
o

0 1 2 n 1
 1 n   1 n   1 n   1  3n 
( n  1)( n  2) n( n  1) 41. Neglecting xn for n  2, value of
uj

1) 2)
2 2 1
3
-3
4
1  7 x  1  2 x  is
Ed

n( n  1) n (n  2)
3) 4) 5x 5x 23 x 23 x
2 2
1) 1- 2) 1+ 3) 1+ 4) 1–
32. The sum to (n+1) terms of the series 6 6 6 6
C0 C1 C2 C3 1 1.4 1.4.7
   .......  42. 1     ........  
2 3 4 5 4 4.8 4.8.12
1 1 1 1
1) 2)  1 3  1 3 1 1

n 1 n2 1)   2)   3)  2  3
4)  4  3

4  2
1 1
3) 4) 3 3.5 3.5.7
n(n  1) (n  1)(n  2)
43.    .......  =
33. C0+3.C1+5.C2+..........+(2n+1).Cn= 6 6.9 6.9.12
1) (n+1)2n 2) (2n+1)2n-1 4
3) (2n+1)2n 4) (n+1)2n-1 1) 3 3 2) 3 3 - 3) 3 3 - 4 4) 2 3
3
34. 5.C0+8.C1+11.C2+........ to (n+1) terms =
1) (3n+5)2n 2) (3n+5)2n-1 2 3 4 1
44. If 1+  2  3  .......  , then x=
3) (3n+10)2n 4) (3n+10)2n-1 x x x 2
35. 5C0+2.5C1+22.5C2+23.5C3+24.5C4+25.5C5=
1) -1+ 2 2) -1- 2 3) 1+ 2 4) 1- 2
1) 32 2) 243 3) 64 4) 729

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BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I

2 3 LEVEL-I (H.W) - HINTS

1 3 1.3  3 1 . 3 . 5  3 
45. 1 .    +   ....... = np  m
2 5 2.4 5 2 .4 .6  5  1. r
pq
5 2 1 5 5
np  m
1) 2) 3) 4) r
2 5 2 2 3 2.
pq
5 5.7 3. n is even use the formula n c
46. 2    .......  = n/2

2!.3 3!.32 18
4. c2 r 3  18 cr 3
1) 3 3 - 1 2) 3 3) 3 3 + 1 4) 3 3
20
  10 1
BINOMIAL THEOREM APPLICATIONS 5. Coefficient of x 5 in 1  x   1   
 x
47. If 17 th and 18th terms of the expansion 30
Coefficient of x 25 in 1  x 
50
of  2  a  are equal then value of a is
np  m
1) 1 2) 2 3)3 4)4 6. r
pq

n
48. c02  c12  c22  ...  c25
2
  where ncr  25cr  2n
7. c3 r 1  2 n cr 1

.i
1) 49C50 2) 49C25 3) 5 0 C 25
4) 39C40 np
49. let pn denotes product of binomial
n al
8 to 13. Use the formula r 
pq
pn 1 n
coefficients in 1  x  then p 
n
13. Middle term = 1
ur
n
2

(n  1) 2n
(n  1)2 6 T  1 1
o

(n  1)n (n  1)2 n 14.  T  2 5  32

1) 2) 3) n ! 2 4) 2 6  
   n !
uj

n! n!
Tr
50. If 97  79 is divisible by 2n then the 15.
Ed

Tr 1
greatest value of n , where n  N
1) 6 2) 31 3) 5 4) 7  n  1 x
16. Use the formula 1  x
n
n r
51. Ths sum of 
r 0
Cr
17. T1  1, T2  8 x , T3  24 x 2
2 n 1 2 n 1
1) 2n
Cn 2) Cn 3) Cn 1 4) 3n 1 Cn 1 18.  n  2r 
2
 n2
r
LEVEL-I (H.W) - KEY 8 r  1 
1) 3 2) 3 3) 2 4) 3 5) 1 6) 1
7) 1 19. Tr 1  cr
8
 y  4  verify for which
2 y 
8) 4 9) 1 10) 4 11) 1 12) 3 13) 4
14) 4
8r r
15) 1 16) 3 17) 2 18) 1 19) 1 20) 3
21) 3  is an interger
2 4
22) 3 23) 2 24) 2 25) 2 26) 3 27) 1
28) 4 20. Frame the equations and solve
29) 4 30) 4 31) 2 32) 4 33) 1 34) 4
35) 2 2
21.  n  2r   n2
36) 1 37) 1 38) 1 39) 4 40) 2 41) 4
42) 4
43) 3 44) 2 45) 1 46) 4 47) 1 48) 3 49) 1 22. nc 2  nc 1  9
50) 1 51) 3 23. 1  .02 
4
 1  0.02  
4

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 JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I BINOMIAL THEOREM
24. Factorise and expand
25. T3  Tn 3 2  9900 LEVEL-II - CW
26. Put x = 1
PROBLEMS BASED ON COEFFICIENT
27. Put x = y = 1
OF x k , INDEPENDENT TERM
28. Put x = 1; x=-1, and then add
29. Substitute a positive integer for n and verify
AND MIDDLE TERM
1. Coefficient of x in the expansion of
30. Substitute n and Verify the options
8
n  1
cr n  r 1 (1-2x +3x ) 1   is
3 5
31. n
  x
cr 1 r
1) 154 2) 164 3) 146 4) 156
32. Substitute a positive integer for n and verify 2. The middle term in the expansion of
33. Substitute n and Verify the options
34. Substitute n and Verify the options 1  3x  3x 2
 x3 
2n
is

35. Simplify 1) 6n
C 3n  x 3n 2) 6n
C 2n  x 2n 1
1
C 3n  x 3n C 3n  x 3n 1

n
36. Coefficient of x 4 in 1  3x  3) 4n 4) 6n

.i
2
37. 1  x  1  x5 
2
Expand and pick up the 3. In the expansion of 1 x n , the 5 th term is 4

coefficient of x10
n al times the 4 th term and the 4 th term is 6 times

2
the 3rd term. then n=
38.  3  x 1  x 
ur
1) 9 2) 10 3) 11 4) 12
39.
n
1  2 x  1  x 
1 PROBLEMS BASED ON COEFFICIENTS
o

 p/q
4. In the expansion 1  x m 1  x n , the
uj

40. 1  x 
coefficients of x and x 2 are 3 and -6
41. Expand and neglect x , higher terms.
2
Ed

respectively, then m is
 p/q 1) 6 2) 9 3) 12 4) 24
42. 1  x 
5. If 1  kx 10  a 0  a 1x  a 2 x 2  ....  a10 x10 and
p
43. Adjust the series and apply the formula 1  x   q 7
a 2  a 1  1  0 then k=
5
1 2 1
44. Put  t , 1  t   1)  1 5 ,  1 9 2) 1 5 , 1 9
x 2
3)  1 5 ,  1 7 4) 1 5 ,  1 9
 p/q
45. 1  x  PROBLEMS BASED ON
p BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS
46. Adjust the series and apply the formula 1  x   q
6. C1  2.5C 2  3.5 2 C 3     
47. Equate the terms
1) n . 6 n 1 2) 6 n 1 3) 6 n 4) n . 6 n
48. c02  c12  ....cn2  2ncn c02  c12  ....cn2  2ncn
49. Simplify Nr & Dr  C0  C1   C1  C2   C2  C3  ..... Cn1  Cn  
7. C0C1C2 .......Cn
7 9
50. (8 + 1) + (8 - 1) is divisible by 8 2

n  1n n 1 n  1n 1 4) n  1n

51. Simplify 1) 2. 3)
n n n n

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n 2.1 2.5.1 2.5.8 1

8.  5r  3.C r  17. 1    . =
3.2 3.6.2 2 3.6.9 2 3
r2

1) 5n  6 .2 n 1  2n  2 2) 5n  6 .2 n 1  2n  3 1) 0.4 (nearly) 2) 0.3 3) 3 4) 3  1

3) 5n  6 2 n 1  2 n  2 4) 5n  6 2 n 1  2n  3 18. The greatest integer less than or equal to

PROBLEMS BASED ON SUM OF 2  3 6 is

THE COEFFICIENTS 1) 2702 2) 2701 3) 2700 4) 2699
9. The sum of the coefficients of even powers of
19. 2  5 6  2  5 6 

x in the expansion 1  x  x 2  x 3 is
1) 1264 
5
2) 1964 3) 2889 4) 5778
1) 512 2) 0 3) -512 4) 510 20. The number of terms in the expansion of
10. The sum of the coefficients of middle terms in
the expansion of 1  x 2 n 1
2
a  4b 3  a  4b 3 are  
1) 6 2) 8 3) 7 4) 3
 2n !  2n !  2n  1!
1)  2n  ! 2) 3) 21. The coefficient of x17 in the expansion of
 n ! 4. n !
2
n!

n
x  1 x  2x  3        x  18 is
11. The sum of the coefficients of the first 10 terms

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1) 164 2) -171 3) 194 4) 221
in the expansion of 1  x 3 is
1) 220 2) 286 3) 120 4) 150 22. If (1  x  x 2 n
)
n

2nal
 ar .x r then r0
40

12. If 1  x  x 
2 20 r
  a r .x , then
ur
a1  2a2  3a3  ....  2na2 n  ....
r 0
1) 0 2) 1 3) n 4) n
a1  3a 3  5a 5  ...........  39a 39 
o

1) 40 2) -40 3) 80 4) -80
uj

LEVEL-II (C.W) - KEY

PROBLEMS BASED ON INFINITE SERIES 1) 1 2) 1 3) 3 4) 3 5) 1 6) 1 7) 4
Ed

13. The coefficient of x 24 in the expansion of 8) 4 9) 1 10) 3 11) 1 12) 1 13) 3 14) 3
1  3x  6x 2
 10x 3        
23 15) 2 16) 2 17) 1 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 2
1) 300 2) 250 3) 25 4) 205 22) 4
14. If S n denotes the sum of first ‘n’ natural
LEVEL-II (C.W) - KEY
numbers, then
1. Expand using B.T and pickup coeff icient of x
S1  S 2 x  S3 x 2  .... .....  Sn x n 1  ... =
1) 1  x  1 2) 1  x  2 3) 1  x  3 4) 1  x  4
2. 1  x  3 2n
 1  x 6 n

1 middle term = 6n C 3n  x 3n

2 3
15. If  1  b1x  b 2 x  b 3 x  ...
1  2x  x 2 3. T5  4.T4 ; T4  6.T3
x  1 , then the value of b1 is n
C4 .x 4  4.4 C3 x 3  6.n C2 .x 2
1) 3 2) 2 3) 4 4) 1
 n  11
16. If y  2 x  3x 2  4 x 3  ........ ,then
4. Expand, multiply and pick relevent coefficients
2 3 5. Expand ,compare the coefficients
y 1.3  y  1.3.5  y 
       .......  6. Put n  2 , 1st option is satisfied
2 2!  2  3!  2 
7. substitute a positive integer for n and verify
1) x  2 2) x 3) x  2 4) x  4
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n n
8. 5  r.C r  3  C r LEVEL-II - HW
r 2 r 2


 5 n. 2 n  1  n  3 2 n  n  1   PROBLEMS BASED ON
 2n 15n  6   2n  3 COEFFICIENT OF x k , GENERAL TERM
1. The term independent of x in the expansion
f 1  f  1
9. 3
2  2
1  2 x   is
2n 1 C  2n 1 C  x
10. n  2n Cn n 1
1) 12 2) 18 3) 36 4) 25
11. The sum of coefficients of the first r terms in
8
1  x n is n  r 1Cn 2.
 q
If the 5 th term of 

 px  is 1120 and
 2x 
f |  1  f | 1
12. p  q  5, p  q then p=
2
1) 3 2) 6 3) 4 4) 7
2
13. 1 x   3 3
 1 x  2 3. The coefficient of x 53 in the expansion of

n
100

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Formula: coefficient of x r in 1  x n is r  n 1 Cr
 100 C m x  3100  m .2m is
14. 1  1  2x  1  2  3x 2      
n al m 0

1) C100,53 2)  C100,43
 1  3x  6 x 2        1  x 3
3)  C100,53 100
ur
4) C50
2 2
15. 1  b1x  b2 x  ..............  1  x 
b1 = 2 BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS
o

4. If C 0  C1  C 2  .......  C n  128 then

16. 1  y  1  x 2
uj

1 1 C1 C 2 C 3
C0     ....... 
Ed

 
2 2 2 3 4
1  x   1  y   x  1  1  y 
1) 0 2) 8 3) 1/8 4) 7/8
2 1 5. n 1C1  n 1C2  n 1C3  ..... n 1Cn 
17. n ,x
3 2
2 3

1) 2 2n  1  
2) 2 2n  1 
 1
1  
 2
 3 4  0.4nearly  3) 2n 1 
4) 2n 1  1
1

 1  x 
6 6 3 n
18.  2  3   2  3   2  C0 2 .....
6 6
6. dx 
0
19. 
2 6 C0 26 6 C2 245 6 C4 2252 6 C6 53  C1 C 2 C 3 Cn
1) C 0     .....   1n
20. 2a 3
 3.a.16b 2 2
 4 7 10 3n  1
C1 C 2 C 3 C
21.  1  2  3  .......... 18  18  171 2) C 0     .....  n
4 7 10 3n  1
2n
2 n
22. 1  x  x    a x r
r
3) C 0 
C1 C 2 C 3
 
C
 .....  n 1
r 0 4 7 10 3n  2
differentiate above and put x = -1
4) C0 C1  C1C2  C2 C3  ........  C( n 1)Cn

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PROBLEMS BASED ON SUM OF 18. Let (1  2)n  xn  yn 2 where xn , yn are

THE COEFFICIENTS integers , then
7. The sum of the coefficients of odd powers of x
1) xn 2  2 yn 2  ( 1) n 2) xn  2 yn  xn 1  3

in the expansion 1  x  x  x 2

3 5 is
3) xn 2  2 yn 2  1 4) xn 1  xn  2 yn  1
1) 520 2) 525 3) 576 4) 512
8. If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion
LEVEL-II (H.W) - KEY
 2 2

51
of a x  2ax  1 vanishes, then the value 1) 4 2) 3 3) 3 4) 3 5) 2 6) 1 7) 4
of a is 8) 3 9) 2 10) 3 11) 1 12) 1 13) 1 14) 4
1) 2 2) -1 3) 1 4) -2 15) 4 16) 1 17) 1 18) 1
9. The sum of the binomial coefficients of the
3rd , 4 th terms from the beginning and from the LEVEL-II (H.W) - HINTS
3
end of a  x n is 440 then n=   1 
1. Expand 1  2  x   
1) 10 2) 11 3) 12 4) 13   x 
10. Using the binomial expansion upto 3 terms the
approximate value of (8.8)1/3 can be shown to 2. T5  1120

n
be

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53
3. Coefficient of x 53 is 100 c53  1
1) 2+
67
900
2) 2+
107
900
3) 2+
58
900
4) 2+
47
900
4. al 2n = 128  n = 7
n 1 C  n 1 C  .........  n 1 C 
11. If cubes and higher powers of x are negligible 5.
n
0 1 n

……+ n 1 C n 1  2 n 1
ur
1 x
then one can write = 2 , then
1  x 1  Ax  Bx
1
o

A= 1  x4 
1) -1 2) 1 3) 0 4) 2 6. Put n  1;  1  x dx  
 x3
   
3
uj

 4  4
12. The coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of 0 0
Ed

3x  8 f 1  f  1
is 7.
4  4x  x 2 2
1)  1 4 2)  4 3) 4 4) 1 4 8. f 1  0  a 2  2a  1  0  a  1
13. The number of non zero terms in n
75 75
9. C 2  n C 3  n C n  2  n C n  3  440
 x  a   x  a
1) 38 2) 76 3) 34 4) 32  
2 n C 2  n C 3  440 , n=11
1
14. ( 2  1 ) +( 2  1 )6 =
6
10. 2 1  .1
1/ 3

1) 99 2) 98 3) 196 4) 198
1
 
15. Let R  5 5  11 2n 1, f  R  R, then Rf 
11.
 1 x  2

1  2x 
  1  
1) 1 2) 2n 3) 2 2n4) 4 2 n 1  1 x  2 1 x 

16. If (6 + 35 )n=I+F when I is odd and 0<F<1,  A  1

then (I+F)(1-F)= 3 x  8  3 x  8  1  x  2
1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 2 4) 4 12. 2
 
2  x  4  2
17. (x  1) 4  4(x  1)3  6(x  1)2 + 4(x  1)  1 
75  1
1) x 4 2) x 3 3) x 2 4) 1 13.  n is odd 
2
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6
14. 2 C0  2  ......
6

7. If 1  x  x 2 n  a 0  a1x  a 2 x 2  ...  a 2n x 2n
then a 0  a 3  a 6       
2n 1
  
15.  5 5

2
 112 

1) 3n 2) 3n 1 3) 3n  2 4) 1
8. If m and n are +ve integers and m  n and if
n n
16. 6  35  6  35  1 1  x m  n 1  x m  n is expanded as a
polynomial in x, then the coefficient of x 2 is
17. x  1  14  x 4
n 1) 2m 2  n 2) 2n 2  m 3) 2m 2  n 4) 2n 2  m
18. 1  2   xn  yn 2
9. 911  119 is divisible by
n 1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) 10
1  2   xn  yn 2
10. For n  N; 1  x n  nx  1 is divisible by
n n
1  2  1  2   xn2  2 yn2 1) 2 2) x 3) x 2 4) x 3
n 11. If t 0 , t1 , t 2 , ............t n are the consecutive
 1  xn2  2 yn2

n
terms in the expansion x  a n then

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LEVEL-III t 0  t 2  t 4  t 6  ....2  t1  t 3  t 5 ....2 
1. The expansion
al
n
1) x 2  a 2 
2) x 2  a 2 n

5 5
 x  x 3  1 12    x  x 3  1 12  is a
ur


  
 
 
3) x 2  a 2 2
 a2
n
4) x 
polynomial of degree 12. Coefficient of x 50 in
o

1) 8 2) 7 3) 6 4) 5
uj

50 50 50 (1  x)1000  2x(1  x)999  3x 2 (1  x)998  ... is

2. If x=(99) +(100) and y=(101) ,then
1) x > y 2) x < y 3) x = y 4) xy = 1 1) 1000 C 50 2) 1001 C50 3) 1002 C 50 4) 1002 C 49
Ed

3. If the coefficients of x 39 and x 40 are equal in 13. A positive integer which is just greater than
the expansion of p  qx 49 . then the possible 1 0.000110000 is
values of p and q are 1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6
1) 1, 5 2) 1, 4 3) 1. 3 4) 2, 7 14. If n is an integer lying between 0 and 21, then
n the least value of n !21  n  ! is
n r nr
4. If x  y  1, then  r . C r x . y = 1) 1 !. 20 ! 2) 11 !. 10 ! 3) 9 !. 12 ! 4) 2 !. 19 !
r 0
15. Coefficeint of x5 in the expansion of
1) 1 2) n 3) nx 4) ny
3x
mx m  nx n is
5. If x is nearly equal to 1,then  ( x  1)2 ( x  2)
mn
1) x m n 2) x m n 3) x m 4) x n 171 171 57 57
1) 2) 3) 4)
32 64 32 16
6. If p and q are the coeffcients of x n in (1  x) 2 n
(1  x)(1  2 x)(1  3 x )
1/ 2 1 16. Coefficient of xn in is
and (1  4 x) ,| x | then (1  x)(1  2 x)(1  3 x)
4
1) 12-30.2n-20.3n 2) 12-30.2n+20.3n
2n
1) p  q 2) p  2q 3) q  2 p 4) p  q  Cn 3) 12+30.2 +20.3n n
4) 12+30.2n-20.3n

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17. The coefficient of x 9 in n

(x+2)(x+4)(x+8)….(x+1024) is
 
26. If x  2  3 , n  N and f  x   x  , then

1)2046 2) 1023 3) 55 f2 4) 0
n n is
1 r tn 1 f
18. If sn   n C and tn   n C , then s 
r 0 r r 0 r n 1) an irrational number
2) a non integer rational number
1 2n  1 1 3) an odd number 4) an even number
1) n 2) 3) n  1 4) n  1
2 2 2 27. The last four digits of the natual number 3100
1 are
19. If x  , then the coefficient of x r in the 1) 7231 2) 1231 3) 3451 4) 2001
2
28. If Cr  30Cr , then C0  C4  C8  .....  C28 
1  2x
expansion of 1  2 x 2 is 1) 228 2) 229 3) 230 4) 215
 
5
32
1) r.2r 2)  2r  1 2r 3) r.22 r 1 4)  2r  1 2r 29. If Cr  Cr , then C
r 0
6r 
20. For natural numbers m , n if

n
1 32 16 1 32 16
m n
1  y  1  y   1  a1 y  a2 y 2  ..., and 1)  2  3  1 2)  2  3  1
6 6

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a1  a2  10, then  m , n  is 1 32 16 1 32 16

1)  45,35  2)  35, 45  3)  20, 45  4)  35, 20 

n al 3)
6
 2  3  1 4)
6
2  3 
30. The coefficient of x 8 in the expasnsion of
n
ur
r n 1  r.log e 10
21.  (1) . C r
(1  1oge10n )r
  x 2 x 4 x 6 x8 
2

r 0
 1      is
2! 4! 6! 8! 
o

1) 1 2) -1 3) n 4) 0 
uj

22. In the expansion of (1  x )n .(1  y )n .(1  z )n , 1 2 1 1

1) 2) 3) 4)
the sum of the coefficients of the terms of 315 315 105 210
Ed

degree r is 31. The remainder when 23 is divided by 53 is

23

n 3 3n
1) ( Cr ) 2) Cr 3) 3. Cr n n
4) C3 r 1) 17 2) 21 3) 30 4) 43
23. The coefficient of x n in the polynomial 32. If 2  2006 divided by 7, the remainder is
2006

1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 4
( x  n C0 )( x  3.n C1 )( x  5.n C2 )... 33. The number of rational terms in the
[ x  (2n  1) . nCn ] is 6

n

expansion of 1  2  3 3  is
1) n.2 n 2) n.2 n 1 3) (n  1)2 4) n.2 1 n
1) 6 2) 7 3) 3 4) 8
m 1
24. Coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of 34. 404
C4  303C4 . 4C1  202
C4 .4 C2  101
C4 .4 C3 
1 3 4 3 4
1) 101 2) 101 3)  202  4)  202 
2 4 8 2m (| x | 1) is
(1  x )(1  x )(1  x )(1  x )....(1  x )
1)3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 0
35. If x denotes fractional part of x then

25. If n  2 and Cr  nCr , then  22003 

 
12.C0  22.C1  32.C2  .....   17 

1) 0 2)  1
n
3) n 4) n 2 4 6 8
1) 2) 3) 4)
17 17 17 17
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36. If 3  x 2008
 x 2009 
2010
7. Put x=1, x  , x  2 and add those then it is
f 1
 a0  a1 x  a2 x 2  ...  an x n  3 n 1
3
a1 a2 a a
then a0    a3  4  5  a6 .... 8. Put m=2 and n=1 ; 1  x 3 1  x 
2 2 2 2
Coefficient of x 2  3  3  0 ; option 2 is0
1) 22010 2) 22011 3) 22012 4) 22013
9. 10  111  10  19  divisible by 10
LEVEL-III - KEY
n n  n  1 2
1) 2 2) 2 3) 2 4) 3 5) 1 6) 1 7) 2 10. 1  x   1  nx  x  ...
2
8) 2 9) 4 10) 3 11) 2 12) 3 13) 1 14) 2
15) 1 16) 2 17) 1 18) 1 19) 4 20) 2 21) 4 11. Expand x  ai n and x  ai n then multiply
22) 2 23) 3 24) 3 25) 1 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1 12. Take 1 x 1000 as common, after simplification
29) 1 30) 1 31) 3 32) 1 33) 2 34) 2 35) 4 it becomes 1 x 1002 coefficient of x 50 is 1002 C50
36) 1 13. 10000Co  10000C1 .(0.0001)  ..... 

n
LEVEL-III - HINTS 10000 C10000 (0.0001)10000 

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n n
21!
1. Expand using the formula a  b  a  b     al
14. n !. 21  n  ! is minimum is 
n !(21  n)!
is

2. 10150   9950  100  150  100  150 maximum .

n
15. By using partial fractions
ur

49
p q 16. By using partial fractions
3. C 39 p10q 39  49 C 40 p 9 q 40  ;
17. 2  4  8  .....1024
10 40
o

 p, q  1, 4 n
r n
nr n
nr
18. n  n C  n C
t     nC
uj

n n r 0 r 0 r 0
n! r n r r

4.  r.n Cr x r . y n r   r. x r . y nr
Ed

r 0 r 0  n  r !r !  n n
n
1 n
r
  n  n.sn  tn
n r 0 Cr r 0 Cr
n 1 r 1 n r n 1
 nx Cr 1 x . y  nx  y  x  = nx tn n
r 1  2tn  nsn  
sn 2
5. Let x = 1 + h
2
The given expression reduces to 19. 1  2 x 1  2 x 
m n
m 1 h  n 1  h  20.
m
1  y  1  y 
n
 1  a1 y  a2 y 2  ...,

m n  Neglecting higher 
 powers and simplifying 
m 1 mh  n 1 nh   1  n
C1 y  n C2 y 2  ....  1  a1 y  a2 y 2  ....

mn  a1  n C1  mC1 , a2  mC2  m C1 nC1  n C2

 1   m  n  h  1  h 
m n
 x mn  n  m  10, m 2  n 2  m  n  2mn  20
2
6. Coefficient of x r  2 n Cr  p  2n Cn  n  m  10 ,  m  n    m  n   20
 n  m 10,  m  n   80  m  35, n  45.
1.2.3.4.5.6...  2r  2r r 2n
q x  Cr x r
2.4.6....2r  r !  1  m C1 y  m C2 y 2  ....
pq  n  n  1 x 2  nx

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BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I
50
21. let x = log e 10 27. 3100  950  1  10 
n
   1 .n Cr
r 1  rx  50.49 2 50.49.48 3
r  1  50.10  10  .10 
r0 1  nx  2 6
multiple of 104
n
r 1
   1 .n Cr r
  1  500  122500  multiple of 10 4
r 0 1  nx 
n
 2001  multiple of 104
r n rx
  1 . .n 1 Cr 1 30
r0 r 1  nx 
r
28. 1  x   C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  ....  C30 x30
Set x = 1,–1, i and –i then add
Simplify above
22. Given expression contains 3n factors C0  C4  C8  ....  C28
Choose r brackets out of 3n brackest to get a 1  30 30 30
3n  2  1  i   1  i    2 28.
term of degree r. Hence the coefficient is Cr 4 
23. Coefficient of 32
29. 1  x   C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  ....  C32 x32
n n n n 2 n 1
x   C0  3. C1  5. C2  ...  Cn 

n
 2 4 5
Set x  1, cis , cis , 1, cis , cis in

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2n  1  1 n   3 3
.2   n  1 2n
2
24. Multiplying the numerator and denominator by
n al turn and adding
we get
1 x 6  C0  C6  C12  .....  C30 
1 - x, 
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2m1
1 x 32 32
32 3 3 1
32 3
25. C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  ....  1  x 
n
 11  11    i     i  
o

2 2  2 2 
uj

n
C0 x  C1 x 2  C2 x 3  ....  x 1  x  32 32
1 3 3 3
Differenation yields   i     i 
Ed

2   232  316  1.
2 2  2
2
1.C0  2C1 x  3.C2 x  ....  1 n  1 x 1  x    n1

30. The coefficient of x8 is

multiply with x then differentiate and substiute x  1
1 1 1 1 1
n n    
26.  2  3 
  x  f .Let 2  3  f ,0  f  1  1 1
0!8! 2!6! 4!4! 6!2! 8!0!
1 8
 x  f  f 1  2  n C0 2 n  n C2 2 n  23  ...   C0  8C2  8C4  8C6  8C8 
8!
an even integer
 f  f 1 1 27 1
 
8! 315
 x  is an odd integer , f 1  1  f 11
31. 2323  23.2322  23  232 
n n
But  x   f  f 1

 2 3  2  3  1 11
 23  529   23  530  1
11

1 1 1 f  f 2
 x    f   f   23  53M  1 , M  N
f1 1 f 1 f
 23.53M  23
2
f
   x   1, an even integer  53  23M  1  30
1 f
Remainder is 30
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668
32. 2 2006  4  8 
2006  7  268  4 leaves remainder
 22006  2006 leaves remainder 0.
33. use multinomial theorem.
General term of given expansion is
6! a b2 c3
1 2 3 where a  b  c  6 and
a !b !c !
a b
6 0
4 2
2 4
0 6
3 0
1 2
BINOMIAL THEOREM
668
 4  7  1 leaves remainder 4 LEVEL-IV
STATEMENTS TYPE
1. (i) The no. of distinct terms in the expansion
of (x1 +x 2 +....+x n )3 is n  2 c3
(ii) The no. of irrational terms in the expansion
(21/5  31/10 )55 is 55
1) (i) is true (ii) is false 2) both (i) & (ii) are true
c 3) both (i) & (ii) are false 4) (i) is false (ii) is true
0 2. i. Three consecutive binomial coefficients can
0 not be in G.P.
ii. Three consecutive binomial coefficients can
0
not be in A.P.
0 Which of the above statement is correct?
3 1) both i and ii 2) neither i nor ii
3 3) Only i 4) Only ii

n
0 0 6 3. S1 : If the coefficients of x 6 and x 7 in the

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34. Required value is x 4 coeffiecient in x 
n

1  x 
404 4
. C0  1  x 
303 4
. C1
n al expansion of   3  are equal, then the
4 
number of divisors of n is 12.
202 101
 1  x  .4 C2  1  x  . 4C3  4C4  1  2 2
n
ur
S2 : If the expansion of  x  x  for positive
101  
Let 1  x  y
integer n has 13 th term independent of x. Then
o

4 4 4 3
 C0 y  C1 y the sum of divisors of n is 39.
uj

1) Only S1 is true 2) Only S2 is true

 4 C2 y 2  4 C3 y  4 C 4  1
3) Both S1 and S2 are true
Ed

4
  y  1  1
4) Neither S1 nor S2 is true
101 4
 1  x   1  1 4. S1 : The fourth term in the expansion of
 
9
4  1 
  100
C1 x  101 2
C2 x  ....  1  2x+ 2  is equal to the second term in the
 x 
4 84
 x 4 coefficient is 101 expansion of 1  x 2  then the positive value
2 2003 16500 1
35. 8 of x is
17 17 2 3
8 500 10
 1  17  2  a 
S2 : In the expansion of  x  x 3  , the co-
17  
8 500 500 efficients of x 5 and x15 are equal, then the
 1  C117  C2 17 2  ....
17  positive value of a is 8
8 1) Only S1 is true 2) Only S2 is true
Its fractional part is
17 3) Both S1 and S2 are true
36. Put x   and  2 and add the two results 4) Neither S1 nor S2 is true

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BINOMIAL THEOREM JEE-MAIN-SR-MATHS VOL-I
5. i. The sum of the binomial coefficients of the 9. The arrangement of the following with respect
n to coefficient of x r in ascending order where
 1
expansion  x   is 2n | x | 1
 x
ii. The term independent of x in the expansion A) x 5 in (1-x)-3 where | x | 1
n
 1
of  x   is 0 when is even.
 
B) x 7 in 1  2 x  3x 2  ... where | x | 1
 x
C) x10 in (1+x)-1 where | x | 1
Which of the above statements is correct?
1) Only i 2) Only ii D) x 3 in (1+x) 4
3) both i and ii 4) neither i nor ii 1) B,A,C,D 2) C,D,B,A 3) A,B,D,C 4) C,D,A,B
10. If A= (300)600 , B=600!, C= (200)600 then
6. A.2ncn = C02+C12+C22+C32+...........+Cn2
B. 2n c n = term independent of x in 1) A<B<C 2) A>B>C
3) A>C and C=B 4) A=B and B>C
n
 1 ASSERTION AND REASON TYPE
(1+x)n  1  
 x Codes:1) Both A and R are true and R is correct

n
1.3.5.7.............(2n  1) explanation of A
C.2ncn = then 2) Both A and R are true but R is not correct

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n!
1) A, B are false, C is true explanation of A
2) A is false, B and C are true
3) A and B are true; C is false 4) A, B, C are true
al
3) A is true but R is false
4) A is false but R is true
n
11. Assertion (A): Number of the disimilar terms
INCREASING AND DECREASING ORDER
ur
102 102
in the sum of expansion  x  a    x  a 
7. The arrangement of the following binomial
expansions in the ascending order of their is 206
o

independent terms Reason (R): Number of terms in the

uj

n
10 6 expansion of  x  b  is n+1
 3   1
A.  x  2  B.  x  
Ed

 x   x 12. Assertion (A): 24n  2n  7 n  1 is divisible by

32  23 1 
9 the square of 14 where n is a natural number
C. 1  x  D.  x  
2 3x  Reason (R): 1  x n  1  n C1 x  ....  n Cn x n  n  N
1) C,A,B,D 2) B,C,A,D 13. Assertion (A): The sum of the last ten
3) C,A,D,B 4) D,C,B,A 19
coefficients in the expansion of 1  x  , when
8. A : If the term independent of x in the
10
expanded in ascending powers of x is 218
 n 
expansion of  x  2  is 405, then n = n n   n
 x  Reason (R): Cr  Cn  r  r  2  n  N and r 
 
B: If the third term in the expansion of whole number
5 14. Assertion (A): The third term in the expansion
1 log n 10 
  n  is 1000, then n = (here n<10)  1 
m
n of  2 x  2  does not contain x. The value
 x 
n
C: If in the binomial expansion of 1  x  , of x for which that term equal to the second
th th th
the coefficients of 5 , 6 and 7 terms are in 30
term in the expansion of 1  x3  is 4
A.P then n =
[Arranging the values of n in ascending order] n
n

1) A,B,C 2) B,A,C 3) A,C,B 4) C,A,B Reason (R):  a  x   n Cr anr xr

r 0

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15. Assertion (A): Number of terms in the 22. Assertion (A) : Greatest binomial coefficient
5 in the expansion of (1  5 x )8 is 8C4 54
expansion of  x  y  z  is 21.
Reason (R) : The number of terms in the Reason ( R) : Greatest coefficient in the
expansion of (1  x) 2 n is the middle term.
expansion of  x  y  z  is  n 2 C2
n

n MATRIX MATCHING TYPE

16. Assertion (A): In the expansion of  x  x 2 
2 n1
the coefficient of eighth term and nineteenth 23. Let R= 5 5  11  
and F=R-[R] where [ ]
term are equal then n=25
denotes greatest integer less than or equal to
Reason (R): Middle term in the expansion of
2 n1
 x  a
n
has greatest binomial coefficient 
R, and if f = 5 5  11 
where n is an even integer List - I List - II
n A) [R] 1) 0
17. Assertion (A): The expansion of 1  x  =
B) RF 2) 42 n1
C0  C1 x  C2 x 2  ....  Cn x n
C) f-F 3) odd integer

n
Reason (R): If x  1 , then the above
D) R-f 4) even integer
expansion is zero

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5) 42n1
18. Assertion (A): The coefficient of x 7 in

 x2 2 
  is zero
9
n al
The correct match is
A B C D A B C D

 2 x 1) 2 3 1 5 2) 1 5 2 3
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Reason (R) : r in tr 1 that contain coefficient 3) 3 1 2 4 4) 4 2 1 4

24. Obeserve the following lists :
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of x 7 is not positive integer

List- I List- II
uj

19. Assertion (A) : The coefficient of x 2 in the (a) The number of terms in the (i) 12
5 6
Ed

 2 1 expansion of  x  y  z 
expansion of  x   is equal to 5 C4
x  
(b) The number of terms which (ii) 20
Reason (R) : The value of r for the above
depend on x in the expansion of
( r in tr 1 ) expansion is 3.
6
20. Assertion (A): The sum of the coefficients of  2 1 
the middle terms in the expansion of x 2 2 
 x 
2 n 1 2n
1  x  is equal to
Cn (c) The sum of the coefficients in (iii) 28
4
Reason (R): To find the sum of the coefficients the expansion of 1  x  2 x 2 
of the two middle terms in the expansion
2 n 1
(d) The greastest coefficient in (iv) 16
1  x  the Value of n is any natural 6

number. 1  x  is
n Find the correct match for List I from List II
21. Assertion (A): In 1  x  sum of coefficients
1) a  (iii ) b  (i) c  (ii ) d  (iv)
of even powers of x is not equal to the sum of
coefficients off odd powers of x. 2) a  (iv) b  (i ) c  (ii ) d  (iii )
n 3) a  (iii) b  (i) c  (iv) d  (ii)
Reason (R): The value 1  x  for x = -1 is
zero 4) a  (iv) b  (i ) c  (iii ) d  (ii )

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LEVEL-IV - KEY  r  1 r  2  x r

9. A) Tr 1 
1) 1 2) 3 3) 3 4) 4 5) 1 6) 3 7) 1 2!
r
8) 2 9) 2 10) 2 11) 4 12) 1 13) 1 14) 4 B) Tr 1   r  1 x r C) Tr 1   1 x r
15) 1 16) 2 17) 2 18) 1 19) 3 20) 2 21) 4 D) Direct expansion
22) 4 23) 4 24) 3 n n
n n
10. n  6,    n!   
2 3
LEVEL-IV - HINTS
11. Number of terms 52
1. 1) Formula
2) False 12. P  2 n 2 3n   7 n  1
2. Standard Results
3. Coeff of T6 =Coeff of T7
 n
 2n 1  7   1  7 n  
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 14  .2n  2 nC2  nC3 7  ... ;   n  2
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Cn 6   .(3)n 6  nCn  7   .(3) n 7

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4 4 13. Put x=1

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14. m  6  T3  240 30 C x 3  240  x  2
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2n
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n 
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16. nC7  nC18  n  25

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4. S1 ) Find 4th and second term
17. Standard results and they are independent relations
S2 ) Find coeff. x 5 and x15
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6. A) Standard result A) 21  18  k not possible  coefficient = 0

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B) Coefficient of x n in 1  x   2 n cn R) r is a fraction
10  2
 2n  ! 19. r
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4
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 n !
A) T5  5 c 4
np R) r  4
7. Use the formula r  in all cases and
pq
20. A) Tn  Tn 1  2 n Cn
arranging ascending order
R) Middle term has to be an integer
5 21. A) Sum of the coefficients of even
8. A) r 
1/ 2  2 powers of x = sum of the coefficients of odd
T3  405 find n powers
R) Put x = -1
B) T  1000 frame the equation and verify the 22. Greatest Bionomial coefficients is 8 C4
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option 23. Verify the options

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C)  n  2r   n  2 24. Simplify

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