A Checker From A to B

On the checkerboard above, how many different ways can you find to move a checker from position A to position B? Note: a checker can only more diagonally forward, one square at a time.

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Clue: Pascal’s triangle.

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Answer: There are 35 different ways to get from square A to square B. We can use Pascal’s triangle to work out how many different ways to get from A to B. These are shown below:

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