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2016 AMC 10AProblem 20P16-20~4 minPrint

For some particular value of NN , when (a+b+c+d+1)N(a+b+c+d+1)^N is expanded and like terms are combined, the resulting expression contains exactly 10011001 terms that include all four variables a,b,c,a, b,c, and dd , each to some positive power. What is NN ?

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