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B Pascal

Date Submitted: 07/23/2001 15:29:47
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 1 pages (235 words)
Pascal’s Triangle Blasé Pacal was born in France in 1623. He was a child prodigy and was fascinated by mathematics. When Pascal was 19 he invented the first calculating machine that actually worked. Many other people had tried to do the same but did not succeed. One of the topics that deeply interested him was the likelihood of an event happening (probability). This interest came to Pascal from a gambler who asked him to help him …
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…which is 1. Beginning with the second row, each number is the sum! of the number written just above it to the right and the left. The numbers are placed midway between the numbers of the row directly above it. If you flip 1 coin the possibilities are 1 heads (H) or 1 tails (T). This combination of 1 and 1 is the first row of Pascal's Triangle. If you flip the coin twice you will get different results. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**
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