Add coding exercises for Facebook interviews

Add attempts at solving coding problems to Briefcase.

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diff --git a/scratch/facebook/recursion-and-dynamic-programming/robot-grid-traversal.py b/scratch/facebook/recursion-and-dynamic-programming/robot-grid-traversal.py
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+import random
+
+def factorial(n):
+    result = 1
+    for i in range(1, n + 1):
+        result *= i
+    return result
+
+def travel(a, b):
+    if a == b:
+        return 1
+
+    ax, ay = a
+    bx, by = b
+    if ax > bx or ay > by:
+        return 0
+
+    return sum([travel((ax + 1, ay), b), travel((ax, ay + 1), b)])
+
+def travel_compute(a, b):
+    bx, by = b
+    return int(factorial(bx + by) / (factorial(bx) * factorial(by)))
+
+a = (0, 0)
+b = (random.randint(1, 10), random.randint(1, 10))
+print("Travelling to {}, {}".format(b[0], b[1]))
+print(travel(a, b))
+print(travel_compute(a, b))