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(Message started by: THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 17^th, 2003, 3:20am)

Title: Pascal's Triangle (I)
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 17^th, 2003, 3:20am

A row of Pascal's triangle contains three consecutive numbers that are in the ratio 1:2:3

What are the numbers?

Title: Re: Pascal's Triangle I
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 17^th, 2003, 3:29am

Quote:

What on earth is a Pascal's triangle?

Google churns out 14,200 hits.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=pascal%27s+triangle

The Truth is Out There

Title: Re: Pascal's Triangle I
Post by LZJ on Apr 17^th, 2003, 4:07am

1001, 2002, 3003.
It's just solving 2 simultaneous equations.

Title: Re: Pascal's Triangle (I)
Post by Icarus on Apr 17^th, 2003, 5:27pm

T&B - some one do a "magical disappearing post" on you?

Title: Re: Pascal's Triangle (I)
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 18^th, 2003, 8:53am

on 04/17/03 at 17:27:07, Icarus wrote:

T&B - some one do a "magical disappearing post" on you?

Hmm...perhaps in future I ought to quote thus, so that the offender is forever fingered!