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    Pascal's Triangle is a triangular array of numbers named after Blaise Pascal. Each number is the sum of the two numbers directly above it. It can be used to calculate combinations in probability and find coefficients of polynomials. To find a specific combination using Pascal's Triangle, look at the corresponding row and entry. The triangle also relates to other mathematical topics like algebra and triangular numbers.

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    Pascal's Triangle is a triangular array of numbers named after Blaise Pascal. Each number is the sum of the two numbers directly above it. It can be used to calculate combinations in probability and find coefficients of polynomials. To find a specific combination using Pascal's Triangle, look at the corresponding row and entry. The triangle also relates to other mathematical topics like algebra and triangular numbers.

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    Pascal's Triangle is a triangular array of numbers named after Blaise Pascal. Each number is the sum of the two numbers directly above it. It can be used to calculate combinations in probability and find coefficients of polynomials. To find a specific combination using Pascal's Triangle, look at the corresponding row and entry. The triangle also relates to other mathematical topics like algebra and triangular numbers.

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    PASCAL’S TRIANGLE

    Pascal’s Triangle: Definition, Calculating


    Combinations
    Pascal’s Triangle is a number pattern in the shape of a (not
    surprisingly!) a triangle. It is named after the French
    mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal’s Triangle has many
    applications in mathematics and statistics, including it’s ability to
    help you calculate combinations.
    Row 0 1
    Row 1 1 1
    Row 2 1 2 1
    Row 3 1 3 3 1
    Row 4 1 4 6 4 1
    Row 5 1 5 10 10 5 1
    Row 6 1 6 15 20 15 6 1
    Row 7 1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1
    Each number in the triangle is the sum of the two numbers above
    it. For example, there’s a
    in the center of row 4: it’s the sum of 3 and 3 in the row above.
    The very first and very last number in any row are always
    going to be 1.

    How to find combinations with Pascal’s Triangle


    Pascal’s Triangle can be used to find combinations. The top row
    in Pascal’s Triangle is row zero, and the first item in any row (the
    1s) are item zero in that row. For example, let’s sat we wanted to
    find 6_C_4. Look in Row 6, at item number 4. the answer is 15.
    Other Uses
    Outside of probability, Pascal’s Triangle is also used for:
     Algebra, where coefficient of polynomials can be used to
    find the numbers in Pascal’s triangle. Algebra is outside the
    scope of this site, but you can find an excellent explanation of
    this concept on the Dr. Math website.
     Finding triangular numbers (1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45,
    …). Triangular numbers are the “dots” that make up a
    triangle. For example, you can make a very simple triangle
    from 3 dots, one at each corner angle. For more on triangular
    numbers, check out Math is Fun.

    What is pascal’s triangle used for?


    The binomial theorem refers to the pattern of coefficients
    (numbers that appear in front of variables) that appear
    when a binomial is multiplied by itself a certain number of
    times. ... Pascal's triangle can be used to determine the
    expanded pattern of coefficients.
    How do you do pascal’s triangle?
    One of the most interesting Number Patterns is Pascal's
    Triangle (named after Blaise Pascal, a famous French
    Mathematician and Philosopher). To build thetriangle,
    start with "1" at the top, then continue placing numbers
    below it in a triangular pattern. Each number is the
    numbers directly above it added together.

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