General Term with Negative Sign

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General Term with Negative Sign

## Formula

For:

$$(a-b)^n$$

the $$(r+1)$$th term is:

$$T_{r+1}=(-1)^r{}^nC_r a^{n-r}b^r$$

## Usage

- Used to find individual terms in expansions involving subtraction.

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