SOLUTION: How many quadrilaterals, including squares and rectangles that can be found from joining the vertices of a hexagon? Can you please provide me with a formula that will help me solve

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Question 910251: How many quadrilaterals, including squares and rectangles that can be found from joining the vertices of a hexagon? Can you please provide me with a formula that will help me solve this?
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Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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In the case of a convex hexagon, no three points are collinear, so choosing any four points gives you a unique quadrilateral. 6C4 = 15 quadrilaterals.