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Question 1148561
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How many distinct line segments are formed by connecting 20 collinear points.
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Each distinct line segment is created by choosing 2 of the 20 points. The number of ways to do that is "20 choose 2" = (20*19)/(2*1) = 190.
ANSWER: 190 line segments.
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It was solved couple of days ago under this link
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