Power's of 2 in pascal's triangle
Contents
Review
Pascal's Triangle
Pascal's Triangle is a triangular array of numbers where each number is the sum of the two numbers above it. It Looks something like this:
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 6 4 1
And on and on...
Patterns and properties
Conbanations
Pascal's Triangle can also be written like this
And on and on... Remember that where .
Sum of rows
1 =1 1+1 =2 1+2+1 =4 1+3+3+1 =8 1+4+6+4+1 =16
These are powers of two. Let's prove it true. (Note: There are dozens of more patterns but it would have nothing to do with powers of two).