CAIE P1 2008 June — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeStandard product of two binomials

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  1. Find the first 3 terms in the expansion, in ascending powers of \(x\), of \(\left( 2 + x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 5 }\).
  2. Hence find the coefficient of \(x ^ { 4 }\) in the expansion of \(\left( 1 + x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 2 } \left( 2 + x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 5 }\).