Question 0807

Maclaurin Series
2007 Paper 2 Question 3 Variant

Question

(i)
By successively differentiating (1+x)n,{(1 + x)^n,} find Maclaurin's series for (1+x)n,{(1 + x)^n,} up to and including the term in x3.{x^3.}
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(ii)
Obtain the expansion of
(25x)32(1+4x2)12(25 - x)^{\frac{3}{2}}(1 + 4 x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}
up to and including the term in x3.{x^3.}
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(iii)
Find the set of values of x{x} for which the expansion in part (ii) is valid.
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