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evidence of binomial expansion (M1)

eg $\left( \begin{array}{c}n\\r\end{array} \right)$ ${a^{n - r}}{b^r}$ , attempt to expand

evidence of choosing correct term (A1)

eg ${8^{{\text{th}}}}{\text{ term, }}r = 7$ , $\left( \begin{array}{c}10\\7\end{array} \right)$ , ${(x)^3}{(3)^7}$

correct working (A1)

eg $\left( \begin{array}{c}10\\7\end{array} \right)$ ${(x)^3}{(3)^7}$ , $\left( \begin{array}{c}10\\3\end{array} \right)$ ${(x)^3}{(3)^7}$ ,

$262440{x^3}{\text{ (accept }}262000{x^3})$ A1 N3

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Topic 1 - Algebra » 1.3 » The binomial theorem: expansion of

${\left( {a + b} \right)^n}$ ,

$n \in \mathbb{N}$ .

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Date	May 2014	Marks available	4	Reference code	14M.2.sl.TZ1.2
Level	SL only	Paper	2	Time zone	TZ1
Command term	Find	Question number	2	Adapted from	N/A

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