IB skill practice

Use binomial expansion

Expand binomial expressions and identify specified terms using binomial coefficients.

Paper 1 6 marks Difficulty 2

Binomial expansion practice

Find the first three descending-power terms of \((x - 2)^{3}\). Enter the leading, second, and third coefficients, and the power of \(x\) in the third term.

Worked practice: binomial expansion

Track each coefficient and the requested power in the expansion.