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Maths help: binomial expansion

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Can someone help me with part ii?

I did the binomial expansion and got this:
pα^3 + βα^3 + 3pxα^2 + 3xα^2β + 3px^2α + 3x^2αβ + px^3 + βx^3

But the question says to ignore some terms and I'm not sure which ones.
Original post by Fazzy_77
https://imgur.com/a/h8bzz3Y

Can someone help me with part ii?

I did the binomial expansion and got this:
pα^3 + βα^3 + 3pxα^2 + 3xα^2β + 3px^2α + 3x^2αβ + px^3 + βx^3

But the question says to ignore some terms and I'm not sure which ones.

It says ignore powers of alpha and beta and any terms with a product of alpha and beta [ie second order errors]
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Original post by Muttley79
It says ignore powers of alpha and beta and any terms with a product of alpha and beta [ie second order errors]

So would the answer be:
3px^2α + px^3 + βx^3
Original post by Fazzy_77
So would the answer be:
3px^2α + px^3 + βx^3

If you expanded properly - I did not check that.
Reply 4
Original post by Muttley79
If you expanded properly - I did not check that.

Ok, thank you! :tongue:

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