Binomial stuff

Algebra Level 3

Given the expression ( x 4 + 1 x ) 6 . \left(\sqrt[4]{x}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right)^6. Find the constant term that is independent of x x .


The answer is 15.

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Since we need the term that doesn't contain x we could know that we are looking for a term such that ( x 4 ) 6 k ( 1 x ) k = 1 (\sqrt[4]{x})^{6-k} (\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}})^{k}=1 ( x 6 k 4 ) ( 1 x k 2 ) = x 6 k 4 x k 2 = 1 (x^{\frac{6-k}{4}})(\frac{1}{x^{\frac{k}{2}}})=\frac{x^{\frac{6-k}{4}}}{x^{\frac{k}{2}}}=1 x 6 k 4 k 2 = 1 x^{\frac{6-k}{4}-\frac{k}{2}}=1 we know that every x with exponent equal to zero is 1, so x 6 k 4 k 2 = x 0 x^{\frac{6-k}{4}-\frac{k}{2}}=x^{0} then 6 k 4 k 2 = 0 \frac{6-k}{4}-\frac{k}{2}=0 6 k 4 = k 2 \frac{6-k}{4}=\frac{k}{2} 6 k = 2 k 6-k=2k 6 = 3 k 6=3k k = 6 3 = 2 k=\frac{6}{3}=2 and we know by binomial theorem that the term is ( 6 2 ) ( x 4 ) 6 2 ( 1 x ) 2 ) = 15 ( x 4 ) 4 ( 1 x ) 2 \binom{6}{2}(\sqrt[4]{x})^{6-2} (\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}})^{2})=\boxed{15(\sqrt[4]{x})^{4} (\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}})^{2}}

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