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Question 703979: I need some help. Can someone please assist?
Two lines in a plane can intersect forming four angles, (some may have the same measure). What is the greatest number of angles we can form using three lines?
AND:
The same question using four lines.
Bless your heart for the help.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I thought hard too, and this is what I came up with.
At one crossing of 2 lines, there are four angles, and the wording hints that we should count all four.

With 3 lines, each line has at most crossings
(less if one or both of the other lines are parallel).
If we multiply 3 (lines) times crossings per line,
you get at most 6 crossings, but each crossing is counted twice,
one time from the point of view of one of the crossing lines,
and another time from the point of view of the other crossing line.
So there are really at most crossings
(less if all 3 lines were to cross together at the same point).
That would mean at most angles.

With four lines there are at most crossings.
That would give you at most angles.

EXTRA:
lines could have at most crossings and
that would make a maximum of angles
NOTE:
Maybe you should try the artofproblemsolving.com forums.
Some of the people there are future Math Olympics competitors.
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