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Pascal Triangles and Combinations Where Repetitions Are Allowed

by Kendell Hyde (Weber State College)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
January, 1988

Subject classification(s): Discrete Mathematics | Combinatorics
Applicable Course(s): 3.2 Mainstream Calculus II

A simple and clever way to compute the entry in the pascal triangle using numbers in any row above the row to which the desired entry belongs.

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