Binomial

Theorem
What would Q do?

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 Ch 12 Problem 85 

Q*bert           (1982)
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•  arcade game​

•  pseudo-3D effect​

•  isometric graphics​

•Q*bert - Wikipedia
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        “I wonder how many ways there are to get to each
specific cube…”
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           down left 

        or down right 

        lateral or up

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 1 1
Can you find 1 2 1
a pattern?
1 3 3 1

Does those numbers look familiar?

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 Expansion of (x+y) n

Notice that each expansion has n + 1 terms ! 

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 Pascal’s Triangle

The numbers in the nth row of Pascal’s Triangle

are the Binomial  coefficients for (x + y)n
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Formula for Binomial Coeffi cients  
For all nonnegative integers n and r, 

Formula for Binomial Coefficients For all nonnegative integers n and r, ​

n! = n(n – 1)(n – 2) ... 3 • 2 • 1 

Example:

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 Think of the fi rst term of the expansion as x 1 3 y 0 .  

The power of y is 1 less than the number of the term in the

expansion.
Example:
Find the eighth term in           The eighth term is C7 x 6
y 7 . 
13

the expansion of
         (x + y) 13 . 

  Therefore, the eighth term of (x + y) 1 3                      

 is 1716 x
6
y7.

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