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 “Tout le malheur des
hommes vient d’une
seule chose, qui est de en
savoir pas demeurer en
repos, dans une
chambre,,
-Blaise Pascal
 “All of man’s
unhappiness comes from
his inability to stay
peacefully alone in his
room,,
-Blaise Pascal
 Life...
Blaise Pascal was born on June
19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand,
France. His mother died when he was
just three years old; so his father,
Etienne Pascal, moved to Paris along
with his 2 other sisters. There he
excelled in school and was thought to
Sadly, he died of Celiac
disease after consuming
gluten, just at the age of
39 on August 19, 1662.
Blaise Pascal’s
Mathematical
Contributions
1.) Pascal’s Theorems
 Pascal’s Theorems
It was discovered by Blaise Pascal in
1640 when he was just 16 years old. It
states that, given a hexagon inscribed in a
conic section, the three pairs of the
continuations of opposite sides meet on a
straight line, called the Pascal line.
 A B C

Pascal Line
A’ B C
2.) The Pascaline
World’s
World’s FIRST
mechanical calculator
mechanical calculator
 P
ascal created one of the first digital calculat
ors in 1645 to help his father with collectin
g taxes. It could only do addition and subtra
ction, with numbers being entered by
manipulating
its dials. Pascal earned a patent from King
Louis XIV to produce and sell his calculator
, but less than 50 prototypes were ever prod
3.) Pascal’s Triangle
 A
triangular arrangeme
nt of numbers that giv
es the coefficients in t
he expansion of any bi
nomial expression, su
ch as (x + y)ⁿ.
Row 2 = (x +
y)²
=(x+y)(x+y)
=(x²+xy+xy+y
²)
=(x²+2xy+y²)
4.) Pascal’s Probability
Theory
 What is
ItProbability?
is a branch of mathematics that
deals with the occurrence of a
random event. The meaning of
probability is the extent to which
something is likely to happen.
 What is
ItProbability?
is a branch of mathematics that
deals with the occurrence of a
random event. The meaning of
probability is the extent to which
something is likely to happen.
Fathers of Probability
 What is
ItProbability?
is a branch of mathematics
Pierrethat
De
deals with the Fermat
occurrence of a
Blaise Pascal
random event. The meaning of
probability is the extent to which
something is likely to happen.
Fathers of Probability
 What is
ItProbability?
is a branch of mathematics that
deals with the occurrence of a
random event. The meaning of
probability is the extent to which
something is likely to happen.
 something is likely to happen.

ty
 something is likely to happen.

ty I n a f a m i l y of 6
children, what is
t h e p r o ba bi l i t y o
f t he 3 c hi l dr e n
be i n g b o y s ?
 something is likely to happen.
I n a f a m i l y of 6 c h
the probability of tildren, what is
being boys? he 3 children

ty
 something is likely to happen.
I n a f a m i l y of 6 c h
the probability of tildren, what is
being boys? he 3 children

2 x 2
ty x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2
# of c h i l d r e n
#of possible sexes O 2
= # o f d i f r
f e r e nt c om bi n a t i on
⁶ s
 something is likely to happen.
I n a f a m i l y of 6
children, what is
t h e p r o ba b i l i t y o
f t h e 3 c hi l dr e n
be i ng b o ys ?
ty 6th
64
1 6 15 2
0
R o
B-Boy=sw 1 5 6 1

G-Girls

6 6
1 G: 5
 something is likely to happen.
6th 1 6 15 2
0
64
R o w
B-Boy=s
15 6 1
G-Girls
ty
6 6
1 G: 5 1
B2G:4 2B:4GB : 5
B 3B : G
B 3
 something is likely to happen.
6th 1 6 15 2
0
64
R o w
B-Boy=s
15 6 1
G-Girls
ty
6 6
1 G: 5
20 B 1
2G:4 2B:4GB : 5
64 B 3B : G
B 3
G
 something is likely to happen.

ty 20
64 = # of out c om e s
# of t ot a l
pos s i bi l i t i e s
Quiz 2.3
1.) Where is his 2.) Which book is
birthplace? he known for?
A. Paris, France A. Pierre Gassendi
Humanism
B. Lyon, France
B. The Pensees
C. Clermont- C. The Stranger
Ferrand, France D. The Communist
D. Reims, France Manifesto
Quiz 2.3
1.) Where is his 2.) Which book is
birthplace? he known for?
A. Paris, France A. Pierre Gassendi
Humanism
B. Lyon, France
B. The Pensees
C. Clermont- C. The Stranger
Ferrand, France D. The Communist
D. Reims, France Manifesto
3.) Who helped 4.) Which of the
him develop following was his
probability? invention?
A. Rene Descartes A. Roulette Wheel
B. Pierre De B. Syringe
Fermat C. Hydraulic Press
C. Himself D. All of the above
D. Pierre Humbert
3.) Who helped 4.) Which of the
him develop following was his
probability? invention?
A. Rene Descartes A. Roulette Wheel
B. Pierre De B. Syringe
Fermat C. Hydraulic Press
C. Himself D. All of the above
D. Pierre Humbert
“Believing in God is your
best bet”
-Blaise Pascal