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Problem
What is the number of terms with rational coefficients among the terms in the expansion of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
By the Binomial Theorem, each term in the expansion is of the form where This problem is equivalent to counting the values of such that both and are integers. Note that must be a multiple of and a multiple of so must be a multiple of There are such values of
Final answer
C