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Circle and Spots (Posted on 2004-12-27) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Two or more spots are placed anywhere on a circle's circumference. Every pair is joined by a straight line. Given n spots, what is the maximum number of regions into which the circle can be divided?

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Solution maybe... | Comment 8 of 10 |

if 2points makes one region....then its basically...

n/2=regions

now...wheres my cookie?


  Posted by i want a cookie on 2005-07-16 07:21:34
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