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Question: What is the total number of 2012 Employees (Total) when 2007 Employees (Total) is 8,985, and rank (2010) is smaller than 9?
Columns: ['Rank (2012)', 'Rank (2010)', 'Employer', 'Industry', '2012 Employees (Total)', '2010 Employees (Total)', '2007 Employees (Total)', 'Head office']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'real', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1.0, 1.0, 'Alberta Health Services', 'Healthcare', 99400.0, 92200.0, 'see note', 'Edmonton']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("2012 Employees (Total)") FROM "Table" WHERE "2007 Employees (Total)" = '8,985' AND "Rank (2010)" < 9.0;