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counting and probability junior

Problem

How many primes are in the row of Pascal's Triangle that starts with a followed by a ?
Solution
If the row contains a , then a , then the binomial coefficients must be and . All we need to check now are and , since , , and . , and . None of those is prime, so there are prime numbers in the given row.
Final answer
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