Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank you

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    Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank you
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    Im so stuck please explain

    thank you
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    Re: Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank
    no-one??????
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    Re: Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank
    (Original post by WoopWoop1212)
    no-one??????
    well you need to use the answer from part b) to help with c)

    to get terms with x in c) you need either

    a number from the first bracket times an x in the second bracket OR
    an x from the first bracket times a number in the second bracket...
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    Re: Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank
    im sorry, im still confused
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    Re: Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank
    Example

    (3 + 5x + 2x^2 + ... ... ...)(2 + 3x + x^2 + ... ... ...)

    You get the x's from 3*3x and 5x*2 = 9x + 10x = 19x
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    Re: Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank
    (Original post by TenOfThem)
    Example

    (3 + 5x + 2x^2 + ... ... ...)(2 + 3x + x^2 + ... ... ...)

    You get the x's from 3*3x and 5x*2 = 9x + 10x = 19x
    So do we just have to use the long way using pascals triangle or is there a formula? all these formula all seem jumbled up in my head right now
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    Re: Bionomial Expansion;Please help me on this finding the coefficient question,thank
    (Original post by WoopWoop1212)
    So do we just have to use the long way using pascals triangle or is there a formula?
    You have found the 2 expansions in the previous parts of the question
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