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9709 P3 - Nov 2006 - Q5
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(i) Simplify \((\sqrt{1+x} + \sqrt{1-x})(\sqrt{1+x} - \sqrt{1-x})\), showing your working, and deduce that

\(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+x} + \sqrt{1-x}} = \frac{\sqrt{1+x} - \sqrt{1-x}}{2x}.\)

(ii) Using this result, or otherwise, obtain the expansion of

\(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+x} + \sqrt{1-x}}\)

in ascending powers of \(x\), up to and including the term in \(x^2\).

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