Edexcel C2 2007 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeCoefficient relationship between terms

3. (a) Find the first four terms, in ascending powers of \(x\), in the binomial expansion of \(( 1 + k x ) ^ { 6 }\), where \(k\) is a non-zero constant. Given that, in this expansion, the coefficients of \(x\) and \(x ^ { 2 }\) are equal, find
(b) the value of \(k\),
(c) the coefficient of \(x ^ { 3 }\).