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How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible pairs of points shown above?

(A) 32
(B) 25
(C) 20
(D) 10
(E) 5

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Re: How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2017, 01:01


Since we have a total of 5 points,
and a line segment can be formed when a pair of points are connected.

We can have a total of 5c2 line segments possible, which is \(\frac{5*4}{2} = 10\)(Option D)
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Re: How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2017, 07:16
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How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible pairs of points shown above?

(A) 32
(B) 25
(C) 20
(D) 10
(E) 5

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Since each line segment has two vertices, the number of lines that can be drawn is 5C2 = 5!/[2!(5-2)!] = 5!/(2!3!) = (5 x 4)/2! = 10.

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Let’s start with the point A. We see that the segments are AB, AC, AD, and AE. Now let’s progress to point B. The segments are BC, BD, and BE (noting that we don’t need BA because we already had AB). Similarly, with point C, we have CD and CE. Finally, for point D, we have only DE. This is a total of 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10 segments.

Answer: D
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Re: How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2017, 09:21
Bunuel wrote:

How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible pairs of points shown above?

(A) 32
(B) 25
(C) 20
(D) 10
(E) 5

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Since there are 5 points, the number of lines that can be drawn is given by 5C2 = 10 (D)
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Re: How many different line segments can be drawn to connect all possible [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2017, 10:18
Answer is 10.

Number of ways you choose 2 from 5 (because you're connecting two points from 5 points each time):

5!/2!3! = 5(4)/2 = 10.
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