题目
Problem
(a) Find the first 4 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of
(2−5x)8
giving each term in simplest form.
(4)
This expansion is to be used to find an approximation for 2.058
(b) State the value of x that should be used.
(There is no need to carry out this calculation.)
(1)
解答
(a)
解法一
思路
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直接把 (2−5x)8 当作二项式展开。前四项对应 x0,x1,x2,x3。
答题过程
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Using the binomial expansion,
(2−5x)8=28+(18)27(−5x)+(28)26(−5x)2+(38)25(−5x)3+⋯.
Now simplify each term:
28=(18)27(−5x)=(28)26(−5x)2=(38)25(−5x)3=256,8(128)(−5x)=−5120x,28(64)(25x2)=44800x2,56(32)(−125x3)=−224000x3.
Therefore,
(2−5x)8=256−5120x+44800x2−224000x3+⋯.
解法二
思路
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也可以先提出 28,把它变成 256(1−25x)8。这样展开对象变成 1+u 的形式。
答题过程
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First write
(2−5x)8=28(1−25x)8.
Then
(1−25x)8==1+8(−25x)+28(−25x)2+56(−25x)3+⋯1−20x+175x2−875x3+⋯.
Multiplying by 256,
(2−5x)8==256(1−20x+175x2−875x3+⋯)256−5120x+44800x2−224000x3+⋯.
(b)
解法一
思路
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要用 (2−5x)8 近似 2.058,就让 2−5x=2.05。
答题过程
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We need
2−5x=−5x=x=2.050.05−0.01.
So the value of x should be −0.01.