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Find the middle term in the expansion \(\rm \left ( 4x-\frac{x^3}{2} \right ) ^9\)1. \({}^9C_{4}\ 4^3\ x^{17}\)2. \(- {}^9C_{5}\ 2^3\ x^{19}\)3. Both 1 and 24. None of these |
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Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Formula Used: General Term in the expansion (x - y)n = Tr+1 = (-1)r × nCr × xn-r × yr Concept: The middle term of the expansion of (x + a)n depends upon the value of n. (i) When n is even the total number of terms in the expansion of (x + a)n is n+1(odd). So, there is only one middle term, i.e \(\rm\left ( \frac{n+1}{2} \right)\)th term is the middle term. (ii) When n is odd The total number of terms in the expansion of (x + a)n is n+1(even). So, there is two middle term, i.e., \(\rm\left ( \frac{n+1}{2} \right )\)th and \(\rm\left ( \frac{n+3}{2} \right )\)th term are two middle terms. Calculation: The number of terms in the expansion of \(\rm \left ( 4x-\frac{x^3}{2} \right ) ^9\) is 10(even). So there are two middle terms. i.e. \(\rm\left ( \frac{9+1}{2} \right )\)th and \(\rm\left ( \frac{9+3}{2} \right )\) th terms. They are given by T5 and T6. Tr+1 = nCrxn-rar Required term T5 = T4+1 = 9C4(4x)5(-x3/2)4 \(\Rightarrow \rm T_{5}= {}^9C_{4}4^5x^5\left ( \frac{1}{2^4} \right )x^{12}\) \(\Rightarrow \rm T_{5}= {}^9C_{4}4^3x^{17}\) T6 = T5+1 = 9C5(4x)4(-x3/2)5 \(\Rightarrow \rm T_{6}= -{}^9C_{5}4^4x^4\left ( \frac{1}{2^5} \right )x^{15}\) \(\Rightarrow \rm T_{6}=- {}^9C_{5}\left ( \frac{2^8}{2^5} \right )x^{19}\) \(\Rightarrow \rm T_{6}=- {}^9C_{5}\ 2^3\ x^{19}\) ∴ The 3rd option is correct option. |
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