Answer to April 2, 2001 Problemfrom Student Math Notes March 1985 |
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The Pascal Problem |
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Solution to Problem: The answer is 124 ways! You could use "Pascal's Triangle" to help solve it. I have replaced the letters of PASCAL by numbers representing how many different ways you could reach that particular letter. Then add up all the numbers where the letter L is (all the numbers around the outside of the figure) to get your final answer.
1 5 1 5 10 4 1 4 10 10 6 3 1 3 6 10 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 10 6 3 1 3 6 10 10 4 1 4 10 5 1 5 1 |
1. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2. Rick Jones | Kennett Square, Pennsylvania |
3. George Gaither | Winchester, Virginia |
4. Chip Schweikarth | Winchester, Virginia |
5. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint |
6. Keith Mealy | Cincinnati, Ohio |
7. Erin McGinnis | Winchester, Virginia |
8. Gusti Oggenfuss | Montet, Switzerland |