How do you find the 10th term of (x+3)12?

1 Answer
Nov 3, 2016

The tenth term is 4,330,260x3.

Explanation:

The nth term in the expansion of (a+b)m is given by tk+1=2nCk×ank×bk.

We want to find the 10th term, but we need to find the value of k to calculate it. Hence,

k+1=10

k=9

t10=212C9×x129×39

t10=220x3(19,683)

t10=4,330,260x3

Hopefully this helps!