The number of terms in the expansion of is and the coefficient of in the same expansion is . Find .
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Multinomial theorem plays its role here.
First we need to find the number of terms in expansion ' m ',
Here,
k = Number of terms in polynomial
n = Power of expansion
m = ( n n + k − 1 )
m = ( 4 6 )
m = 1 5
Now,
We need to calculate the coefficient of x y 2 z ,
General term for expansion of ( 3 x − 4 y + 6 z ) 4 will be a ! b ! c ! 4 ! ( 3 x ) a ( − 4 y ) b ( 6 z ) c ,
Pluging in the values a = 1 , b = 2 and c = 1 and we get 3 4 5 6 x y 2 z
Hence,
n = 3 4 5 6
So,
m + n = 3 4 7 1