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Diagonal cross (Posted on 2024-12-30) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Find the maximum possible number of intersection points between the diagonals of a 13-gon.

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Since it is not specified that the 13-gon is regular, then we can assume the 13-gon is irregular, so there will not be any set of three diagonals which intersect at a common point.

Consider any pair of diagonals that intersect.  They are also the two diagonals of the quadrilateral defined by the set of four vertices.  There are 13C4=715 ways to choose a set of four vertices, and each set will have a different intersection, so the answer is that number 715.

  Posted by Brian Smith on 2024-12-30 12:23:13
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