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+/*
+  program to count all possible paths in a matrix
+*/
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class NumberOfPath {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+		int T = Integer.parseInt(read.readLine());  //read test case
+		while(T--> 0) {
+			String s = read.readLine(); //read size of matrix (i.e 2 3)
+			String[] str = s.split(" ");
+			int m = Integer.parseInt(str[0]);
+			int n = Integer.parseInt(str[1]);
+			System.out.println(countPath(m,n));
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static int countPath(int m, int n) {
+		if (m==1 || n==1) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+		return countPath(m-1, n)+countPath(m, n-1);
+	}
+
+}