Binomial Expansion

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Question 53
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The reaction rate R R\,R of a biochemical catalyst depends on its concentration ccc (in mol dm−3^{-3}−3) according to the model

R(c)=1+8c23,∣c∣<18 R(c) = \sqrt[3]{1 + 8c^2}, \quad |c| < \frac{1}{\sqrt{8}} R(c)=31+8c2​,∣c∣<8​1​
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Find, in ascending powers of ccc, the first three non-zero terms of the binomial series expansion of R(c)R(c)R(c), giving each coefficient as a simplified fraction.

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b.

By substituting c=14\displaystyle c = \frac{1}{4}c=41​ into the expansion from part (a), find a rational approximation to k33k \sqrt[3]{3}k33​, where k k\,k is a constant you must determine.

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