In two or more complete sentences, analyze how to find the third term in the expansion of (2x + y)4.

The third term in the expansion of the given expression us:

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given an expression as:

We know that by using the binomial theorem the expansion of the expression of the type:

is given by:

This means that there are n+1 terms in the expansion of the type:   

such that the rth term is:

Here we have:

   n=4,a=2 and b=1

Now, the third term in the expansion of the given expression is:

probability for j is 1/4

while

a is 1/6