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The sum of all rational terms in the expansion of $$\left(2^{\frac{1}{5}}+5^{\frac{1}{3}}\right)^{15}$$ is equal to :

JEE · Math · previous-year question

  1. A.633
  2. B.6131
  3. C.3133correct
  4. D.931

Answer

C. 3133

Explanation

$$\begin{aligned} & T_{r+1}={ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_r\left(2^{1 / 5}\right)^{15-r}\left(5^{1 / 3}\right)^r \\ & ={ }^{15} C_r 5^{r / 3} 2^{\left(3-\frac{r}{5}\right)} \end{aligned}$$ For rational terms, $$\frac{r}{3}$$ and $$\frac{r}{5}$$ must be integer 3 and 5 divide $$r \Rightarrow 15$$ divides $$r \Rightarrow r=0$$ and $$r=15$$ $${ }^{15} C_0 5^0 2^3+{ }^{15} C_{15} 5^5 2^{(0)}$$ $$\begin{aligned} & =8+3125 \\ & =3133 \end{aligned}$$

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