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There seems to be an issue with the text formatting of 18, if you click hide this puzzle and re-open 18 the text loses it formatting and becomes:
The expansion of \((x+y+z)^3\) is
$$x^3 + y^3 + z^3 + 3x^2y + 3x^2z + 3xy^2 + 3y^2z + 3xz^2 + 3yz^2 + 6xyz.$$
Until you refresh the page
alex
on /blog/86
               
@alex: Well spotted. I'll attempt to fix it...
Matthew
on /blog/86
               

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