Puzzles/Statistical puzzles/A Bug Running/Solution

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Puzzles | Statistical puzzles | A Bug Running | Solution

The bug must move seven times to the right and seven times up. Any such sequence, e.g. RRUUURURRUURUR is a valid path. Therefore the solution is ${14 \choose 7} = 3432$ . In the case of an $n$ x $n$ board the answer is ${2n-2 \choose n-1}$ .

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