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Pascal’s Triangle & Probability (1/2)

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1 Pascal’s Triangle & Probability (1/2)
Let's say you have five apples in a box. How many different ways you can pick two of them and eat them. It doesn't matter which apple is on top, just which two apples you pick. “How many different ways can you pick TWO apples from a set of FIVE ?"

2 Pascal’s Triangle & Probability (2/2)
The answer? 10 Quincunx The 2nd position in the fifth row. 1 Row 0 1 1 Row 1 1 2 1 Row 2 1 3 3 1 Row 3 1 4 6 4 1 Row 4 1 5 10 10 5 1 Row 5 Posn 0 Posn 1 Posn 2 6 15 20 15 6 1 1 Blaise Pascal


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