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#!/usr/bin/python
# There are exactly ten ways of selecting three from five, 12345:
#
# 123, 124, 125, 134, 135, 145, 234, 235, 245, and 345
#
# In combinatorics, we use the notation, (5 3) = 10.
#
# In general, (n r)=n!/(r!(nr)!), where r≤n, n!=n×(n1)×...×3×2×1, and 0!=1.
#
# It is not until n=23, that a value exceeds one-million: (23 10)=1144066.
#
# How many, not necessarily distinct, values of (n r) for 1≤n≤100, are greater than one-million?
from scipy.special import comb
from projecteuler import timing
@timing
def p053() -> None:
LIMIT = 1000000
count = 0
# Use the scipy comb function to calculate the binomial values
for i in range(23, 101):
for j in range(1, i+1):
if comb(i, j) > LIMIT:
count = count + 1
print('Project Euler, Problem 53')
print(f'Answer: {count}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
p053()