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Probability
Level
2
The number of integral terms in the expansion of is
The answer is 33.
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1 solution
You will only arrive at an integral term when the exponent is a multiple of 8, because you would be raising the 8th root to the 8th power, which makes an integer. From 0 to 256, there are 33 multiples of 8.