SOLUTION: Please help. A diameter of a circle is a segment that passes through the center of the circle and has endpoints on the circle. If you draw 10 diameters of a circle, how many se

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Question 368824: Please help.
A diameter of a circle is a segment that passes through the center of the circle and has endpoints on the circle. If you draw 10 diameters of a circle, how many sections are produced?
Answer by neatmath(302) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To solve this, start with 1 diameter.

1 diameter makes 2 sections.

2 diameters makes 4 sections.

3 diameters makes 6 sections.

4 diamters makes 8 sections.

5 diameters makes 10 sections.

Do you see the pattern?

x diameters makes 2*x sections, so

10 diameters makes 20 sections.

I hope this helps!