Pascal's Apartment House and the Multinomial Theorem.

Hughes, Barnabas

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ERIC Number: EJ174367

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Publication Date: 1977

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Pascal's Apartment House and the Multinomial Theorem

Hughes, Barnabas

MATYC Journal, 11, 3, 191-6, 77

The author gives a three dimensional analog of Pascal's Triangle as an exercise in heuristic thinking and an introduction to the multinomial theorem. The analog involves finding the number of shortest routes to various rooms in a cubical apartment house. (MN)

Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Probability, Triangles (Geometry)

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