Edexcel C2 2010 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeSingle coefficient given directly

4. (a) Find the first 4 terms, in ascending powers of \(x\), of the binomial expansion of \(( 1 + a x ) ^ { 7 }\), where \(a\) is a constant. Give each term in its simplest form. Given that the coefficient of \(x ^ { 2 }\) in this expansion is 525 ,
(b) find the possible values of \(a\).