OCR C4 2010 January — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC4 (Core Mathematics 4)
Year2010
SessionJanuary
TopicGeneralised Binomial Theorem
TypeFactoring out constants first

5
  1. Expand \(( 1 + x ) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 3 } }\) in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 2 }\).
  2. (a) Hence, or otherwise, expand \(( 8 + 16 x ) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 3 } }\) in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x ^ { 2 }\).
    (b) State the set of values of \(x\) for which the expansion in part (ii) (a) is valid.