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Worksheet: Combinations, Binomial Theorem

Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1. How many terms are in the expansion of a. 5 b. 8 2. In the expansion of a. 10 b. 4

? c. 7 d. 6

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, what is the coefficient of the fourth term? c. 7 d. 5

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3. What is the value of a. 30 b. 64

? c. 32 d. 20

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4. If a. 6 b. 8

, what is the value of n? c. 4 d. 5 ?

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5. What is the coefficient of the third term in the expansion of a. 10 c. 150 b. 15 d. 270 6. Pascals Triangle can be arranged into the following format. n=0 n=1 n=2 n=3 n=4 r=0 1 1 1 1 1 r=1 1 2 3 4 r=2 1 3 6 r=3 r=4

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Which of the following statements is not true? a. The sum of the nth row must be . b. The value in any cell is the sum of the cell directly above and the cell above and one left. c. Values in each row must alternate between even and odd numbers. d. In any row for which n is prime, all values in the row other than the first and last must be divisible by n. Short Answer

7. Express Problem

in the form

8. A bag contains 12 blocks, 5 of which are red, 4 are blue, and the rest are green. If 7 blocks are selected randomly, determine the number of ways that at least 2 blocks of each colour are included. 9. In a class of 33 students, 22 take geography, 24 take science, 20 take french, 17 take geography and science, 17 take science and french, 13 take geography and french, and 12 take all 3 courses. Determine how many students do not take any of these 3 courses. 10. Find if P(n, 3) = 3n C(n 2, 2).

Worksheet: Combinations, Binomial Theorem Answer Section


MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ANS: ANS: ANS: ANS: ANS: ANS: B A C A D C

SHORT ANSWER 7. ANS:

PROBLEM 8. ANS: There are 3 possibilities = {2 red, 2 blue, 3 green}, {2 red, 3 blue, 2 green}, and {3 red, 2 blue, 2 green}.

Number of ways 9. ANS: Let , and be the sets of students taking geography, science, and french.

Thus, the number of students who do not take any of these subjects is two. Therefore, the probability that a student selected at random does not take any of these subjects is 10. ANS: .

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