Binomial Therom

Aladdin

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(*) Find the coefficient of x^r , x^4 in the expansion of :

\(\displaystyle \frac{9x^2}{(1+3x)^3}\)

My work so far is :

\(\displaystyle \frac{1}{1+x} \ = \ 1 \ -x \ +x^2 +.... \ (-1)^r*x^r + \ x^{r+2}\)

By differentiating :

\(\displaystyle \frac{-1}{(1+x)^2} \ = \ 0 \ -1 \ ...\ +(-1)^r*r*x^{r-1} \ + \ (r+2)*x^{r+1}\)

\(\displaystyle \frac{2}{(1+x)^3} \ = \ 2 \ ..\ (-1)^r*r*(r-1)*r^{r-2} \ + \ (r+2)(r+1)*x^r.\)

So to have the form of the original , I must multiply by 0.5 then multiply by 9x^2 , then replace x by 3x.

What I got is the following :

\(\displaystyle (9)(1/2)(-1)^r*r*(r-1)*(3^r).\)

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
Aladdin said:

(*) Find the coefficient of x^r , x^4 in the expansion of :

\(\displaystyle \frac{9x^2}{(1+3x)^3}\)

My work so far is :

\(\displaystyle \frac{1}{1+x} \ = \ 1 \ -x \ +x^2 +.... \ (-1)^r*x^r + \ x^{r+2}\)

By differentiating :

\(\displaystyle \frac{-1}{(1+x)^2} \ = \ 0 \ -1 \ ...\ +(-1)^r*r*x^{r-1} \ + \ (r+2)*x^{r+1}\)

\(\displaystyle \frac{2}{(1+x)^3} \ = \ 2 \ ..\ (-1)^r*r*(r-1)*r^{r-2} \ + \ (r+2)(r+1)*x^r.\)

So to have the form of the original , I must multiply by 0.5 then multiply by 9x^2 , then replace x by 3x.

What I got is the following :

\(\displaystyle (9)(1/2)(-1)^r*r*(r-1)*(3^r).\) or (-1)[sup:3bmgu67p]r[/sup:3bmgu67p] * 1/2 * r * (r-1) * 3[sup:3bmgu67p]r+2[/sup:3bmgu67p]Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Excellent work Aladdin - and correct (as far as I can tell).
 
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