CAIE P1 2012 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2012
SessionNovember
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeBinomial times linear coefficient

4
  1. Find the first 3 terms in the expansion of \(\left( 2 x - x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 6 }\) in ascending powers of \(x\).
  2. Hence find the coefficient of \(x ^ { 8 }\) in the expansion of \(( 2 + x ) \left( 2 x - x ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 6 }\).