Saturday, September 4, 2010

Problem

I was woken up from sleep today with an interesting problem.

Q. How many short line segments will form with ten intersecting lines?

Nice q! Try it and post the solution in comments. :-)

p.s. try it for n!
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6 comments:

  1. sangharshSeptember 4, 2010 at 7:43 AM

    10 x 9C2

    Assumption no three or more lines intersect at same point

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  2. musketeerSeptember 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    well done, i must say, i edited the post slightly after ur quick answer! :)

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  3. UnknownSeptember 5, 2010 at 2:13 AM

    Why are you attempting solutions to engineered problems? :P. The world is full of more real ones....

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  4. musketeerSeptember 7, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    And what do u do, day after day after day?

    :P

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  5. UnknownSeptember 9, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    I try to solve a very real problem - how to help children learn well :)

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  6. musketeerSeptember 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM

    by engineering more problems for them? :P

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