SOLUTION: Draw all the diagonals of the hexagon and find out the total number of diagonals that can be drawn on it. (Note: A diagonal can only be counted once.)

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Question 1192639: Draw all the diagonals of the hexagon and find out the total number of diagonals that can
be drawn on it. (Note: A diagonal can only be counted once.)

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Hexagon has 6 vertices and 6 sides.


The number of diagonals of every n-gon is  .


For hexagon, the number of diagonals is   =  = 3*3 = 9.    ANSWER

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