In the figure given, a person can move either towards right or in upward direction only.
The number of different ways to reach the point B from point A is
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Solution
At every position in the journey, person will have two possible paths i.e., either he can move rightword or upward.
Let horizontal movement be written as H and vertical movement be written as V.
From above diagram, some of the possible paths are
HHHHVVVV and HV HV HV HV
Hence, every path is basically arrangement of 4 H and 4 V. ∴ Total number of ways to reach B=8!4!4! =8×7×6×5×44×3×2×1×4=70