Didn't you just ask this like 3 minutes ago? ![]()
Also, it has been answered here. But, finding that you probably don't have the time to go over to the link, as you are too busy posting questions every 3 minutes, here is the answer guest has posted:
(a) 101^2 - 97^2 + 93^2 - 89^2 + ... + 5^2 - 1^2 = 101 + 97 + 93 + 89 + ... + 5 + 1 = 1326.
(b) (a + (2n + 1)d)^2 - (a + (2n)d)^2 + ... + (a + d)^2 - a^2 = (a + (2n + 1) d + (a + 2nd + ... + a + d) + a = n(3a + (n + 2)d).
:)
Or, instead of expanding, which could be very messy, and probably best done with an online calculator, we can use the binomial theorem. <------ a link to what that is
Anways, assuming you now understand what the binomial theorem is, we can solve the problem.
We see that the 5th power in an expansion is: (n C n-5) * x^5 * y ^[n-5]
In this case:
n = 12
y = 1
x = 2x (which is weird, but the second 'x' is a value, while the first is a placeholder)
Plug those values in:
(12 C 7) * (2x)^5 * 1^7 =
792 * 32x^5 =
25344x^5
:)