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Forum Name: College math
Topic ID: 546
Message ID: 5
#5, RE: difficult sequence, areas partitioned in circle ,
Posted by tommy on Dec-09-05 at 08:53 AM
In response to message #2
the trick is, the points determining the chords have to be inside the circle, not outside. the points are interior the circle. try it . draw 4 points inside a circle any three non collinear. you should get 6 chords, and 16 areas. the point of the sequence is the number of areas cut off.