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2015-12-09

"9 December
You start at A and are allowed to move either to the right or upwards.
How many different routes are there to get from A to B?"

is there supposed to be some picture going with this question?

Mike D
on /blog/23

2015-12-14

@Mike D: There was a picture missing. It has now been corrected.

Matthew
on /blog/23

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