Consider a convex 50-sided polygon . A simple quadrilateral with all its vertices among those of is called good if it shares at least sides in common with . Find the number of good quadrilaterals.
Note: A simple quadrilaterial has no self-intersections.
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Case 1: Two non-adjacent sides. There are ( 2 5 0 ) pairs of sides, of which 50 have adjacent sides. ( 2 5 0 ) - 50 = 1175 quadrilaterals.
Case 2: Two adjacent sides. There are 50 pairs of adjacent sides. Each of these quadrilaterals has three vertices determined by the two adjacent sides. To make this case different from case 1, the final vertex can be chosen from the 45 vertices not included in or adjacent to the first three. 50*45 = 2250 quadrilaterals.
1175 + 2250 = 3425 total quadrilaterals.