The sum of all those terms which are rational numbers

Question:

The sum of all those terms which are rational numbers in the expansion of $\left(2^{1 / 3}+3^{1 / 4}\right)^{12}$ is:

  1. 89

  2. 27

  3. 35

  4. 43


Correct Option: , 4

Solution:

$T_{r+1}={ }^{12} C_{r}\left(2^{1 / 3}\right)^{r} \cdot\left(3^{1 / 4}\right)^{12-r}$

$\mathrm{T}_{s+1}$ will be rational number

when $r=0,3,6,9,12$

$\& \mathrm{r}=0,4,8,12$

$\Rightarrow \mathrm{r}=0,12$

$\mathrm{T}_{1}+\mathrm{T}_{13}=1 \times 3^{3}+1 \times 2^{4} \times 1$

$=24+16=43$

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