What is the sum of all binomial coefficients ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C.
- Step 1: The binomial expansion of is .
- Step 2: Setting gives .
- Step 3: For , the sum is .
Answer
.
Why not the others: is ; is (the sum of only odd or only even coefficients); is .
Practise more Quadratic equations and binomial theorem.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed JEE Main mock tests.
More Quadratic equations and binomial theorem questions
- If and are the roots of the quadratic equation , what is the value of ?
- What is the total number of terms in the algebraic expansion of ?
- If the quadratic equation has equal real roots, what are the possible values of the constant ?
- What is the coefficient of in the expansion of the product ?
- If and are the roots of the quadratic equation , what is the value of ?
- What is the term independent of in the binomial expansion of ?