Mathematics A-Level
Pascal's triangle
What Pascal's triangle means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for WJEC.
Definition of Pascal's triangle
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Reference: WJEC
An arithmetic layout where each term is the sum of the two terms directly above it.
Topics that use Pascal's triangle
Related terms
- ascending powers of x
- binomial approximations
- binomial coefficients
- binomial theorem
- combinations
- factorials
- finite expansion
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