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The number 3003 is the only number known to appear eight times in Pascal's triangle, at positions $\binom{3003}{1},\binom{3003}{3002},\binom{a}{2},\binom{a}{a-2},\binom{15}{b},\binom{15}{15-b},\binom{14}{6},\binom{14}{8}$. Compute a+b(15−b)a+b(15-b).
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The number 3003 is the only number known to appear eight times in Pascal's triangle, at positions $\binom{3003}{1},\binom{3003}{3002},\binom{a}{2},\binom{a}{a-2},\binom{15}{b},\binom{15}{15-b},\binom{14}{6},\binom{14}{8}$. Compute a+b(15−b).
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The number 3003 is the only number known to appear eight times in Pascal's triangle, at positions $\binom{3003}{1},\binom{3003}{3002},\binom{a}{2},\binom{a}{a-2},\binom{15}{b},\binom{15}{15-b},\binom{14}{6},\binom{14}{8}$. Compute $a+b(15-b)$.

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