Friday, January 29, 2010

Pascal's Triangle

Pascal's Triangle is more than just a big triangle with numbers. There are two major areas where we use Pascal's Triangle, in Algebra and Probability. It is used in Probability to find Combinations. Such as how many ways you can pick so many things out of the total given. The triangular numbers and Fibonacci numbers can be found in Pascal's Triangle. The triangular numbers are easier to find: starting with the third one on the left side go down to your right and you get 1, 3, 6, 10, etc.


Renee

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