What is the coefficient of when is expanded?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A.
- Step 1: Expand: .
- Step 2: Collect the x terms: .
Answer
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Why not the others: : this is the constant term, not the coefficient of x. : the signs of the constants were mixed. : the sign of the sum was reversed.
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