Answer
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Work Step by Step
The binomial expression can always be rewritten as the following.
$(A+B)^n = \sum _{k=0}^n C(n,r)* A^{n-r} * B^{r}$
Since we are finding the first 3 terms, we simply plug in the set $[0,1,2]$
$T_1 =C(9,0)*x^{9} =x^{9} $
$T_2 = C(9,1)*x^8*(-2y)=-18x^8y$
$T_3 =C(9,2)*x^7*4y^2= 144x^7y^2$
