SOLUTION: How many diagonals can be constructed in a regular polygon of 100 sides?

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Question 1184222: How many diagonals can be constructed in a regular polygon of 100 sides?
Answer by ikleyn(52800)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Any convex polygon with n sides has    diagonals.


In your case,   = 50*97 = 4850  diagonals.

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