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Find the coefficient of a^5b^4 in (3a-b/3)^9

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Find the coefficient of a^5b^4 in (3a-b/3)^9 (question 2 a. ii on the picture) need-example-1
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Answer:

378

Explanation:

ii. We use the binomial theorem which states that,


(a + b) {}^(n) = \binom{n}{0} a {}^(n) b {}^(0) + \binom{n}{1} a {}^(n - 1) b {}^(1) + \binom{n}{2} a {}^(n - 2) b {}^(2) + \binom{n}{3} a {}^(n - 3) b {}^(3) + ...... \binom{n}{n - 2} a {}^(2) b {}^(n - 2) + \binom{n}{n - 1} {a}^(1) b {}^(n - 1) + \binom{n}{n} a {}^(0) {b}^(n)

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We have


(3a - (b)/(3) ) {}^(9)

We must find the coeffeicent that include term.


{a}^(5) b {}^(4)

The first term of the binomial expansion is a which has a degree 9 and b has a degree of 0. and since the term, a has a^5 and b^4. here this must that 9 must choose 4.

So let do the combinations formula,


\binom{9}{4} = (9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1)/((4 * 3 * 2 * 1)(5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1))


\binom{9}{4} = (9 * 8 * 7 * 6)/(4 * 3 * 2 * 1)


\binom{9}{4} = 126

So during that point our expansion will include.


126(3a) {}^(5) ( - (b)/(3) ) {}^(4)


126(243 {a}^{ {5} } * \frac{b {}^(4) }{81} ) = 126(3a {}^(5) b {}^(4) )


378 {a}^(5) {b}^(4)

So the coeffeicent is 378

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