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Mum2019
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Can anyone please suggest how to solve the following ? thank you in advance.

How many different lines can be drawn between the vertices of a regular hexagon ?
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Mum2019 wrote:Can anyone please suggest how to solve the following ? thank you in advance.

How many different lines can be drawn between the vertices of a regular hexagon ?
A hexagon has 6 vertices - to draw a diagonal you need 2 vertices which are not adjacent to each other. So, from each vertex you can draw 3 diagonal lines, so in total there are 9 which can be drawn.

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Thank you helen0209.
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