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Expand up to the fifth term Hence use your expansion to evaluate (2.5)⁵ to 3dp

Expand up to the fifth term
Hence use your expansion to evaluate (2.5)⁵ to 3dp

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Kavungya answered the question on September 16, 2019 at 07:46

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