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Revision as of 16:34, 26 January 2024
Buzz Bunny is hopping up and down a set of stairs, one step at a time. In how many ways can Buzz start on the ground, make a sequence of 
hops, and end up back on the ground?
(For example, one sequence of hops is up-up-down-down-up-down.)
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Solution 1
Looking at the answer choices, you see that you can list them out. Doing this gets you:
UUDDUD
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UUUDDD
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UUDUDD
Counting all the paths listed above gets you 5 or B.
-ALWAYSRIGHT11
Video Solution 1 (easy to digest) by Power Solve
Video Solution 2 by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td6Z68YCuQw
~Math-X
