SOLUTION: Determine the constant term in the expansion of (2x-2/5x^2)^8. I am doing this math independently. I have looked through my textbooks, but cannot find what a consant term is. I

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Question 72454: Determine the constant term in the expansion of (2x-2/5x^2)^8.
I am doing this math independently. I have looked through my textbooks, but cannot find what a consant term is. I have expanded this by binomial expansion but there is not one constant term in the solution as all constants are differnt numbers with differnt x values.
Thank you
Kristen
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Determine the constant term in the expansion of (2x-2/5x^2)^8.
I am doing this math independently. I have looked through my
textbooks, but cannot find what a consant term is. I have
expanded this by binomial expansion but there is not one constant
term in the solution as all constants are differnt numbers with
differnt x values.
Thank you
Kristen
(2x-2/5x^2)^8
Did you mean
%282x+-+2%2F5x%5E2%29%5E8
or did you mean
%282x+-+%282%2F5%29x%5E2%29%5E8
Post again telling us which one you mean.
Edwin