SOLUTION: How many ways can you reach PASCAL in "Pascal's triangle" below by going diagonally to a letter on the next line down? P

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Question 50246: How many ways can you reach PASCAL in "Pascal's triangle" below by going diagonally to a letter on the next line down?
P
A A
S S S
C C C C
A A A A A
L L L L L L
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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# of ways to choose the P = 1
# of ways to choose the A = 2
# of ways to choose the S= 3
.......
# of ways to chooe the L = 6
# of ways to form PASCAL = 1*2*3*4*5*6 = 720
cheers,
Stan H.