Q. Use Pascal's Triangle to expand (2y+x)5. Express your answer in simplest form.Answer:
Identify 5th Row: Identify the 5th row of Pascal's Triangle to determine the coefficients for the expansion of (2y+x)5. The 5th row of Pascal's Triangle is 1,5,10,10,5,1.
Write Expansion Terms: Write out the terms of the expansion using the binomial theorem and the coefficients from Pascal's Triangle.The expansion will have terms of the form: coefficient×(2y)5−k×xk, where k ranges from 0 to 5.
Calculate Each Term: Calculate each term of the expansion using the coefficients and the powers of 2y and x. The terms are: 1×(2y)5×x0=32y55×(2y)4×x1=80y4x10×(2y)3×x2=80y3x210×(2y)2×x3=40y2x35×(2y)1×x4=10yx4 $\(1\) \times (\(2\)y)^\(0\) \times x^\(5\) = x^\(5\)
Combine Terms: Combine all the terms to write the expanded form of \((2y+x)^{5}\). The expanded form is: \(32y^{5} + 80y^{4}x + 80y^{3}x^{2} + 40y^{2}x^{3} + 10yx^{4} + x^{5}\)
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