If the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of $(\text{x}+\text{a})^{\text{n}}$ are 240, 729 and 1080 respectively
find x, a, n.If the the expansion of $(\text{x}+\text{a})^{\text{n}},$ the 2nd, 3rd and 4th are ${^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{1}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-1}\text{a}^{1}, \ {^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{2}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-2}\text{a}^{2}$ and,
According to the quation,
${^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{1}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-1}\text{a}^{1}=240$
${^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{2}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-2}\text{a}^{2}=720$
${^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{3}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-3}\text{a}^{3}=1080$
Now,
$\Rightarrow \frac{{^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{2}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-2}\text{a}^{2}}{{^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{3}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-3}\text{a}^{3}}=\frac{720}{240}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\text{n}-1}{2\text{x}}\text{a}=3$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\text{a}}{\text{x}}=\frac{6}{\text{n}...1}\ ...(\text{i})$
Also,
$\frac{{^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{3}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-3}\text{a}^{3}}{{^\text{n}}\text{C}_{\text{2}}\text{x}^{\text{n}-2}\text{a}^{2}}=\frac{1080}{720}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\text{n}-2}{3\text{x}}\text{a}=\frac{3}{2}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\text{a}}{\text{x}}=\frac{9}{2\text{n}...4}\ ...(\text{ii})$
From (i) and (ii), we get
$\frac{6}{\text{n}-1}=\frac{9}{2\text{n}-4}$
$\Rightarrow \text{n}=5$
Putting in equation (i), we get
$\Rightarrow 2\text{a}=3\text{x}$
Now,
${^\text{5}}\text{C}_{\text{1}}\text{x}^{\text{5}-1}\big(\frac{\text{3}}{2}\text{x}\big)=240$
$\Rightarrow 15\text{x}^{5}=480$
$\Rightarrow \text{x}^{5}=32$
$\Rightarrow \text{x}=2$
By putting the value of x and n in (i). we get
$\text{a}=3$