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NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Binomial Theorem - Solutions

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Question : 34 of 36
Marks: +1, -0
Find n, if the ratio of the fifth term from the beginning to the fifth term from the end in the expansion of (24+134)n\left(\sqrt[4]{2} + \frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{3}}\right)^n is 6\sqrt{6} : 1.
Solution:  
Fifth term from the beginning is T4+1T_{4+1}
i.e., T5T_5 = (n4)(24)n4(134)4\binom{n}{4} (\sqrt[4]{2})^{n-4} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{3}}\right)^4 = (n4)(2)n44(3)44\binom{n}{4} (2)^{\frac{n-4}{4}} (3)^{-\frac{4}{4}}
Fifth term from the end is Tn5+2T_{n-5+2} i.e., Tn3T_{n-3}
Tn3T_{n-3} = (nn4)(24)4(134)n4\binom{n}{n-4} (\sqrt[4]{2})^4 \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{3}}\right)^{n-4} = (n4)(2)44(3)4n4\binom{n}{4} (2)^{\frac{4}{4}} (3)^{\frac{4-n}{4}} (Since (nn4)\binom{n}{n-4} = (n4)\binom{n}{4})
According to given condition, we have
(n4)(2)n44(3)1(n4)(2)(3)4n4\frac{\binom{n}{4} (2)^{\frac{n-4}{4}} (3)^{-1}}{\binom{n}{4} (2) (3)^{\frac{4-n}{4}}} = 61\frac{\sqrt{6}}{1}2n441314n42^{\frac{n-4}{4} - 1} 3^{-1 - \frac{4-n}{4}} = 6\sqrt{6}
2n843n842^{\frac{n-8}{4}} 3^{\frac{n-8}{4}} = 23\sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} = (2)12(3)12(2)^{\frac{1}{2}} (3)^{\frac{1}{2}}
On comparing, we get
n84\frac{n-8}{4} = 12\frac{1}{2} ⇒ 2n - 16 = 4 ⇒ n = 10
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