2025 TKSS PRELIMS P1 Q6

2025 TKSS PRELIMS P1 Q6

Secondary 4
7 marks
2025 Tanjong Katong Secondary School Prelims A Math Paper 1
  1. Write down and simplify the first three terms in the expansion, in ascending powers of \(x\), of \(\left(2-\frac{x}{4}\right)^5\).[3]
  2. In the expansion of \(\left(4+kx+x^2\right)\left(2-\frac{x}{4}\right)^5\), the sum of the coefficients of \(x\) and \(x^2\) is \(-4\). Find the value of the constant \(k\).[4]

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Answer:(a) \(32-20x+5x^2\) (b) \(k=2\)

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