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Calculate the number of diagonals in a convex polygon of 2016 sides.


The answer is 2029104.

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2 solutions

Harsh Khatri
Feb 7, 2016

Number of lines that can be drawn given n \displaystyle n points on a plane = ( n 2 ) \displaystyle {n\choose 2} .

Out of these, ( n ) \displaystyle (n) lines form the convex polygon. Therefore, the number of diagonals is:

( n 2 ) n \displaystyle \Rightarrow {n\choose 2} - n

n ( n 3 ) 2 \displaystyle \Rightarrow \frac{n(n-3)}{2}

( 2016 ) ( 2013 ) 2 = 2029104 \displaystyle \Rightarrow \frac{(2016)(2013)}{2} = \boxed{2029104}

The number of diagonals of a convex polygon with side(s) n n is given by n 2 ( n 3 ) \frac{n}{2}(n-3) Then a 2016 sided polygon has 2016 2 ( 2016 3 ) = 1008 ( 2013 ) = 2029104 \frac{2016}{2}(2016-3)=1008(2013)=2029104 diagonals.

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