If in the expansion of $\Big(\text{x}-\frac{1}{3\text{x}^{3}}\Big)^{9},$ the term independent of x is:
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$\text{T}_{3}$
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$\text{T}_{4}$
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$\text{T}_{5}$
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None of these.
- $\text{T}_{4}$
Solution:
Suppose Tr+1 is the term in the given expression that is independent of x.
Thus, we have
$\text{T}_{\text{r}+1}={^\text{9}}\text{C}_{\text{r}}\ \text{x}^{9-\text{r}}\Big(\frac{-1}{3\text{x}^{2}}\Big)^{\text{r}}$
$=(-1)^{\text{r}}\ {^\text{9}}\text{C}_{\text{r}}\frac{1}{3^{\text{r}}}\ \text{x}^{9-\text{r}-2\text{r}}$
For this term to be independent of x, we must have
$9-3\text{r}=0$
$\Rightarrow\text{r}=3$
Hence, the required term is the 4th term i.e. $\text{T}_{4}$