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Consider the paths of length 1616 that follow the lines from the lower left corner to the upper right corner on an 8×88\times 8 grid. Find the number of such paths that change direction exactly four times, as in the examples shown below.
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Consider the paths of length 16 that follow the lines from the lower left corner to the upper right corner on an 8×8 grid. Find the number of such paths that change direction exactly four times, as in the examples shown below.
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Consider the paths of length $16$ that follow the lines from the lower left corner to the upper right corner on an $8\times 8$ grid. Find the number of such paths that change direction exactly four times, as in the examples shown below.

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