2021 Fall AMC 12A Problems/Problem 12
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Problem
What is the number of terms with rational coefficients among the terms in the expansion of
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
~MRENTHUSIASM
See Also
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