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Pascal's triangle

American

noun

Mathematics.

a triangular arrangement of the binomial coefficients of the expansion (x +y ) n for positive integral values of n.

Pascal's triangle British

noun

a triangle consisting of rows of numbers; the apex is 1 and each row starts and ends with 1, other numbers being obtained by adding together the two numbers on either side in the row above: used to calculate probabilities

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Etymology

Origin of Pascal's triangle

Named after Pascal

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Pascal’s triangle helps us find the coefficients of the terms in the expansion of a binomial.

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