[shobk]

Hey, I read a very interesting article on Pascal's Triangle from a website named ProtonsTalk. Can someone explain any real-world application of this interesting topic?

[whitney69]

Wait for the comic book to come out. There is so little this is good for, I hope he spent all the grant.

One real life situation that Pascal’s Triangle is used for is Probability, and combinations. We have situations like this all of the time. For example, say you are at an ice cream shop and they have 5 different ice creams. You want to know how many different ways you can pick two of the ice creams and eat them. Both are fattening and will harden your arteries.

In mathematics, probability is defined as the extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible. Might be profitable if it is used at the race track if you bet a trifecta. Otherwise, eat what you have a taste for. By the time you figure out the formula, you’ll die of starvation.

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[DoodleBob]

I read a few articles, and while it is interesting and has lots of cool properties, I don’t see it serving any material empirical/computational function. I think it is chiefly a beautiful thing in mathematics and God’s creation, which alone is valuable.

[Larry Lucido]

Welcome to FR.

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[KarlInOhio]

Once upon a time when the country was sane, you could use it to determine the odds of a specific grouping of sexes in children. For example if you had 4 kids the odds were:

4F 1/16
3F 1M 4/16
2F 2M 6/16
1F 3M 4/16
4M 1/16

But it doesn't work well with 53 genders.

[cicero2k]

A simple pattern that generates the irrational numbers such as the golden ratio along with prime numbers. Sort of an image of truth since math is irrefutable and the same all over the universe.

[dayglored]

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[Savage Beast]

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[jamaksin]

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