JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Binomial Theorem and Mathematical Induction Question Bank General term, Coefficient of any power of x, Independent term, Middle term and Greatest term and Greatest coefficient

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    The coefficient of \[{{x}^{4}}\] in the expansion of \[{{(1+x+{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}})}^{n}}\] is                                [MNR 1993; RPET 2001; DCE 1998]

    A) \[^{n}{{C}_{4}}\]

    B) \[^{n}{{C}_{4}}{{+}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\]

    C) \[^{n}{{C}_{4}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}+\,{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{4}}{{.}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\]

    D) \[^{n}{{C}_{4}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}.{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[{{(1+x+{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}})}^{n}}=\left\{ {{(1+x)}^{n}}{{(1+{{x}^{2}})}^{n}} \right\}\] \[=(1+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}x+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}{{x}^{2}}+....+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{n}}{{x}^{n}})\]  \[(1+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}{{x}^{2}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}{{x}^{4}}+....+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{n}}{{x}^{2n}})\] Therefore the coefficient of x 4 = \[^{n}{{C}_{2}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}.{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{4}}\]= \[^{n}{{C}_{4}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}+{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{1}}.{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\]


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