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The number of rational terms in the expansion of is
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Answer: 17
The general term is and the binomial coefficient is an integer. The term is rational exactly when both exponents are integers, that is when and . Now , so we need and . By the Chinese remainder theorem . The admissible values are , an arithmetic progression with common difference , and the last term . So there are rational terms.
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