a) Áp dụng công thức nhị thức Newton, ta có:
\(\begin{array}{l}{\left( {a - \frac{b}{2}} \right)^4} = C_4^0.{a^4}{\left( { - \frac{b}{2}} \right)^0} + C_4^1.{a^3}\left( { - \frac{b}{2}} \right) + C_4^2.{a^2}{\left( { - \frac{b}{2}} \right)^2} + C_4^3.a{\left( { - \frac{b}{2}} \right)^3} + C_4^4.{a^0}{\left( { - \frac{b}{2}} \right)^4}\\ = {a^4} - 2{a^3}b + \frac{3}{2}{a^2}{b^2} - \frac{1}{2}a{b^3} + \frac{1}{16}{b^4}\end{array}\)
b) Áp dụng công thức nhị thức Newton, ta có:
\(\begin{array}{l}{\left( {2{x^2} + 1} \right)^5} = C_5^0.{\left( {2{x^2}} \right)^5}{.1^0} + C_5^1.{\left( {2{x^2}} \right)^4}.1 + C_5^2.{\left( {2{x^2}} \right)^3}{.1^2} + C_5^3.{\left( {2{x^2}} \right)^2}{.1^3} + C_5^4.\left( {2{x^2}} \right){.1^4} +C_5^5.{\left( {2{x^2}} \right)^0} {.1^5}\\ = 32{x^{10}} + 80{x^8} + 80{x^6} + 40{x^4} + 10{x^2} + 1\end{array}\).