Lattice paths in 3D to the point (3,4,5)
Question
Starting at the origin, you move through the integer lattice in three dimensions, and each move adds to exactly one of the , or coordinates. How many different routes reach ?
Short answer
. Every route is 12 moves: 3 in , 4 in and 5 in , in some order. The number of such orders is .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
- Worked Examples — Probability Trees, Monty Hall, and Bayesian Updating
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