Pascal's Triangle
Pascal's Triangle is used to find the coefficients of the expansion of (a+b)n, where n is positive.
For example :
(a+b)0 = 1 (a+b)0 = 1 (a+b)1 = 1a + 1b (a+b)2 = (a + b)(a + b ) = 1a2 + 2ab + 1b2 (a+b)3 = (a + b)(a + b)2 = (a + b)(a2 + 2ab + b2) = a3 + a2b + 2a2b + 2ab2 + ab2 + b3 = 1a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 + 1b3 (a+b)4 = (a + b)(a + b)3 = (a + b)(a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 + b3) = a4 + a3b + 3a3b + 3a2b2 + 3a2b2 + 3ab3 + ab3 + b4 = 1a4 + 4a3b + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + 1b4 Writing the coefficients of each expansion in a triangular form :
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 6 4 1 It can be noticed that there is a pattern to form the coefficients :
1 1 + 1 1 2 1 1 + 3 + 3 1 1 4 6 4 1 For example the expansion of (a+b)5 is :
1a5 + 5a4b + 10a3b2 + 10a2b3 + 5ab4 + 1b5
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