JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA Jamia Millia Islamia Solved Paper-2010

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        The coefficient of\[{{x}^{n}}\]in the expansion of \[{{(1-4x)}^{-1/2}}\]is

    A)  \[\frac{(2n)!}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\]                      

    B)  \[\frac{2n}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\]

    C)  \[\frac{(2n)!}{{{n}^{2}}}\]                           

    D)  None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    General term in the expansion of\[{{(1-4x)}^{1/2}}\]is \[=\frac{\left( -\frac{1}{2} \right)\left( -\frac{1}{2}-1 \right)\left( -\frac{1}{2}-2 \right)....\left\{ -\frac{1}{2}-(r-1) \right\}}{r!}\]                                                                 \[{{(-4x)}^{r}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{T}_{r+1}}=\frac{{{(-1)}^{r}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)\left( \frac{3}{2} \right)\left( \frac{5}{2} \right)....\left( \frac{2r-1}{2} \right)}{r!}\]                                                                 \[{{(-1)}^{r}}{{4}^{r}}{{x}^{r}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{T}_{r+1}}={{(-1)}^{2r}}\frac{1.3.5.7....(2r-1)}{{{2}^{r}}r!}{{2}^{2r}}{{x}^{r}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{T}_{r+1}}=\frac{1.3.5.7....(2r-1)}{r!}{{2}^{r}}.{{x}^{r}}\]                           ?.(i) For the coefficient of\[{{x}^{n}},\]put\[r=n\] in Eq. (i), we get \[{{T}_{n+1}}=\frac{1.3.5.7....(2n-1)}{n!}{{.2}^{n}}.{{x}^{n}}\] Coefficient of\[{{x}^{n}}\] \[=\frac{1.3.5.7...(2n-1)}{n!}{{.2}^{n}}\] \[=\frac{1.2.3.4.5.6....(2n-2)(2n-1)(2n)}{2.4.6....(2n-2)(2n).n!}{{.2}^{n}}\] \[=\frac{(2n)!{{.2}^{n}}}{{{2}^{n}}[1.2.3....(n-1)n]n!}\] \[=\frac{(2n)!}{n!n!}=\frac{(2n)!}{{{(n!)}^{2}}}\]


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