MATH STINGER #91
by
Dr. Joel C. Fowler
Associate Professor of Mathematics

 

    For this issue's puzzle it is helpful to have studied permutations and combinations.  Suppose that 100 points are scattered around the rim of a circle.  All possible lines are drawn connecting pairs of these points.  Some of these lines intersect and some do not.  The puzzle is to determine how many intersection points there are if no three of the lines meet in a point.

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