document.write( "Question 63552: Use Pascal's Triangle to expand each binomial.
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QUESTION;\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Each number in the triangle is the sum of two above. For example, the 6 on line 5 is the sum of the pair of 3's above. So the next line is\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1, 10 (1 + 9), 45 (9 + 36), 120 (36 + 84), etc.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here we have to expand the 8th power.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Ninth raw in Pascal's triangle gives the coefficient of the terms in the resulting expansion.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(x+y)^8 = 1x^8+ 8x^7 y^1+ 28x^6 y^2 + 56 x^5 y^3+ 70x^4 y^4+56x^3y^5 +
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " = x^8+ 8x^7 y^1+ 28x^6 y^2 + 56 x^5 y^3+ 70x^4 y^4+56x^3y^5 +
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