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In the expansion of (x+y)15 the eleventh term is geometric mean of ninth and twelfth terms then kth term of the expansion must be greatest then the value of k is

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a

8

b

10

c

6

d

9

answer is A.

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In the expansion of (x+y)15 the eleventh term is geometric mean of ninth and twelfth terms then kth term of the expansion must be greatest then the value of k is

T11=15C10x5y10, T9=15C8x7y8,T12=15C11x4y11T11=T9T12 15C10x5y10= 15C8×15C4x11y19y 15C102=15C7×15C4x7!8!5!10!×115=xyyx=7577 r=(n+1)yxyx+1=16×75777577+1=7

T8 is Numirically greatest  term

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