OCR C2 2006 January — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2006
SessionJanuary
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeStandard product of two binomials

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  1. Find the first three terms of the expansion, in ascending powers of \(x\), of \(( 1 - 2 x ) ^ { 12 }\).
  2. Hence find the coefficient of \(x ^ { 2 }\) in the expansion of $$( 1 + 3 x ) ( 1 - 2 x ) ^ { 12 } .$$