OCR MEI C1 2008 January — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2008
SessionJanuary
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeStandard binomial expansion coefficient

7
  1. Find the value of \({ } ^ { 8 } \mathrm { C } _ { 3 }\).
  2. Find the coefficient of \(x ^ { 3 }\) in the binomial expansion of \(\left( 1 - \frac { 1 } { 2 } x \right) ^ { 8 }\).