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document.write( "The ninth terms is 12C8(3a)^8(-b)^(4)= 495(6561a^8)(b^4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=3247695a^8b^4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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