document.write( "Question 276711: use binomial theorem to expand the following up to 4 terms:\r
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document.write( "Express the denominator as the \"3%2F2\" power\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%2F%28%284-3x%5E2%29%5E%283%2F2%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then as a negative exponent:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%284-3x%5E2%29%5E%28-3%2F2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We want to get a binomial that starts with 1, not 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out 4 in the parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%284%281-%283%2F4%29x%5E2%29%29%5E%28-3%2F2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"4%5E%28-3%2F2%29%281-3%2F4%29%5E%28-3%2F2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"4%5E%28-3%2F2%29\" simplifies to \"1%2F8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%281%2F8%29%281-%283%2F4%29x%5E2%29%5E%28-3%2F2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we now expand \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%281-%283%2F4%29x%5E2%29%5E%28-3%2F2%29\" and then multiply it by \"1%2F8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We use the infinite binomial series:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting \"n=-3%2F2\",  \"%28%28n%28n-1%29%29%2F2%21%29\" becomes \"15%2F8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting \"u=%283%2F4%29x%5E2\", \"u%5E2\" becomes \"%289%2F16%29x%5E4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore \"%28%28n%28n-1%29%29%2F2%21%29u%5E2\" becomes \"%2815%2F8%29%289%2F16%29x%5E4\" or \"%28135%2F128%29x%5E4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting \"n=-3%2F2\", \"%28n%28n-1%29%28n-2%29%29%2F3%21\" becomes \"-35%2F16\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting \"u=%283%2F4%29x%5E2\", \"u%5E3\" becomes \"%2827%2F64%29x%5E6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore \"%28+%28n%28n-1%29%28n-2%29%29+%2F3%21%29u%5E3\" becomes \"%28-35%2F16%29%2827%2F64%29x%5E6\" or\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28-945%2F1024%29x%5E6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the expansion to 4 terms of \"%281-%283%2F4%29x%5E2%29%5E%28-3%2F2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1-%283%2F2%29x%5E2%2B%2815%2F8%29x%5E4-%28945%2F1024%29x%5E6%2B%22...%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we multiply that by \"1%2F8\" and that will be the binomial\r\n" );
document.write( "series to 4 terms.\r\n" );
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