Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2025

The number of integral terms in the expansion of $ \left( {5^\frac{1}{2}} + 7^\frac{1}{8} \right)^{1016} $ is:

  1. A <p>127</p>
  2. B <p>128</p> Correct answer
  3. C <p>130</p>
  4. D <p>129</p>

Solution

<p>$$\begin{aligned} &\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{r}}={ }^{1016} \mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{r}}(5)^{\frac{1016-\mathrm{r}}{2}} 7^{\frac{\mathrm{r}}{8}} \\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{r}=0,8,16,24, \ldots ., 1016 \\ & 1016=0+(\mathrm{n}-1) 8 \\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{n}-1=\frac{1016}{8}=127 \end{aligned}\\ &\text { So, } \mathrm{n}=128 \text {. } \end{aligned}$$</p>

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Binomial Theorem · Topic: Binomial Expansion

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