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INVOLUTION.
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Performing the operations indicated, we have

Note. A full discussion of the Binomial Theorem for Positive Integral Index is given in Chapter XXXVII.

EXAMPLES XX. e.

Expand the following expressions:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12. 13. (a + 2b + 3c)^3. 14. (a-b-c)^3. 15. (2a - \frac{b}{2}-c^2)^3. 16. (a + &-2c)4. 17. {a + h + c- ay. 18. (a + 2 64 c-2f?)3. 19. (« _2 6 + c-(^)4. 20. Find the middle term of (a + l)io. 21. Find the two middle terms of {x — ?/)ii. 22. Find the term independent of a in ( — - — J •