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---
id: 5900f37b1000cf542c50fe8e
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 15: Lattice paths'
forumTopicId: 301780
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
Starting in the top left corner of a 2×2 grid, and only being able to move to the right and down, there are exactly 6 routes to the bottom right corner.
<img class="img-responsive center-block" alt="a diagram of 6 2 by 2 grids showing all the routes to the bottom right corner" src="https://cdn-media-1.freecodecamp.org/project-euler/1Atixoj.gif" style="background-color: white; padding: 10px;">
How many such routes are there through a given `gridSize`?
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: <code>latticePaths(4)</code> should return a number.
testString: assert(typeof latticePaths(4) === 'number');
- text: <code>latticePaths(4)</code> should return 70.
testString: assert.strictEqual(latticePaths(4), 70);
- text: <code>latticePaths(9)</code> should return 48620.
testString: assert.strictEqual(latticePaths(9), 48620);
- text: <code>latticePaths(20)</code> should return 137846528820.
testString: assert.strictEqual(latticePaths(20), 137846528820);
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function latticePaths(gridSize) {
return true;
}
latticePaths(4);
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
function latticePaths(gridSize) {
let paths = 1;
for (let i = 0; i < gridSize; i++) {
paths *= (2 * gridSize) - i;
paths /= i + 1;
}
return paths;
}
```
</section>