Question 1

Paper 1, no calculatorHard6 marks

For positive integers nn and aa consider the expansion of (1+ax)n(1+ax)^n

The coefficient of x2x^2 is five times the coefficient of xx and the coefficient of x3x^3 is 83\frac{8}{3} times the coefficient of x2x^2

(a)

Determine nn and aa

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(b)

Hence determine the sum of the coefficients of all even powers of xx including the constant term, in the expansion.

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