Satish Jada

CAT Preparation Community 9y ago

How many terms are there in the expression (1 + x2 + x4)10 when it is expanded?

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Shivankan Gupta 9y ago

Hi, 

The number of terms in a binomial expansion is given by

n+r-1C r-1

Here, n=10(power) and r=3(terms inside bracket)

So, number of terms = 12C2 = 66


Disha Gupta 6y ago

Since x can only take the even values between 1 and 42 the number of terms in the expansion will be 40/2+1 i.e. 21

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