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Jane Chen

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Proof the formula "how many ways to walk"
« on: October 06, 2010, 09:21:01 AM »
Proof the formula "how many ways to walk"

Here is a simple proof:

Walking from (0, 0) to (5, 4), one way is as shown in the picture.

It is the same solution as to the question: how many ways are there to arrange

b a  b  b  a  a  b  a  b

in a row?


Similarly we can get the ways to walk from (0, 0) to (m, n).

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