Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The greatest coefficient in the expansion of \[{{(1+x)}^{2n}}\] is

    A) \[^{2n}{{C}_{n}}\]           

    B)                        \[^{2n}{{C}_{n-1}}\]

    C) \[^{2n}{{C}_{n-2}}\]       

    D)         None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\frac{\text{The}\,\,\text{coefficient}\,\,\text{of}\,\,{{t}_{r+1}}}{\text{The}\,\,\text{coefficient}\,\,\text{of}\,\,{{t}_{r}}}=\frac{^{2n}{{C}_{r}}}{^{2n}{{C}_{r-1}}}\]                 \[=\frac{2n-r+1}{r}\] The coefficient of\[{{t}_{r+1}}\ge \]The coefficient of\[{{t}_{r}}\], provided                 \[\frac{2n-r+1}{r}\ge 1\]or\[2n+1\ge 2r\] or            \[r\le \frac{2n+1}{2}\]or\[r\le n+\frac{1}{2}\] Hence, the greatest coefficient = The coefficient of\[~(n+\text{1})\text{th}\]term                 \[{{=}^{2n}}{{C}_{n}}=\frac{(2n)!}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\]


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