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algebra senior
Problem
Shown below are rows 1, 2, and 3 of Pascal's triangle.
Let be the sequence, from left to right, of elements in the 2005th, 2006th, and 2007th rows, respectively, with the leftmost element occurring at Compute
Let be the sequence, from left to right, of elements in the 2005th, 2006th, and 2007th rows, respectively, with the leftmost element occurring at Compute
Solution
More generally, suppose represent the entries in rows of Pascal's triangle. Then so Hence, Likewise, and Hence,
Final answer
\frac{1}{2}