Guest Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Determine the probability that a number randomly drawn from the row of Pascal's Triangle having precisely 128 numbers is divisible by the 127th number (reading left to right) in that row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 superprismatic Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 126 of the 128 are divisible by 127 (the 127th entry counting from the left). So, the probability that a randomly drawn element is divisible by it is 63/64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 127 is prime. Thus all terms in that row will be divisible by 127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 superprismatic Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 127 is prime. Thus all terms in that row will be divisible by 127 Of course...For any prime P, (P Choose A) will always have a factor of P with the exception of the two values where A=0 and A=P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Determine the probability that a number randomly drawn from the row of Pascal's Triangle having precisely 128 numbers is divisible by the 127th number (reading left to right) in that row.
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