There are straight lines in a plane such that no two of them are parallel and no three of them are concurrent. If the points of intersection of these lines are joined, then find the number of such new lines formed.
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binomial coefficient
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Total numbers of point formed by intersection of ' n ' lines = ( 2 n )
A point, say p , formed by intersection of two lines will be collinear with all the points that lie on these two lines. Each of these two lines will have ' n − 2 ' points other than point p .
⇒ Number of points that are collinear with p = 2 n − 4
⇒ Number of points that are not collinear with p = ( 2 n ) − ( 2 n − 4 ) − 1
= 2 n × ( n − 1 ) − 2 n + 4 − 1
= 2 n 2 − 5 n + 6
= 2 ( n − 2 ) ( n − 3 )
Hence every point makes 2 ( n − 2 ) ( n − 3 ) new lines.
For all ( 2 n ) points, total number of new lines formed =
2 1 × Total number of points × New lines formed by every point =
= 2 1 × ( 2 n ) × 2 ( n − 2 ) ( n − 3 )
= 2 1 × 2 n × ( n − 1 ) × 2 ( n − 2 ) ( n − 3 )
= 8 ( n ) ( n − 1 ) ( n − 2 ) ( n − 3 )
= 3 ( 4 n )