document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1117568>Question 1117568</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the term independent of x in the expansion of {2x^3 - 1/4(x^5)}^8  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To get a term independent of x, you need to take the \"2x^3\" term from 5 of the factors and the \"1/(4x^5)\" term from the other 3 factors.  So the term is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tutor ikleyn has pointed out that I lost track of a sign in the above response....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The \"1/4x^5\" term in the binomial is negative, so the constant term is<br><BR>\n" );
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