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(Q). Consider 37 points in a plane such that no three of them are collinear. A student is told to 1st draw all the possible polyg0ns of same number of sides & then draw all the possible diagonals. What is the maximum number of such diagonals possible? ( if a particular line is diagonal of two polygon then count both of them)
Solution:-
we know that ³⁷Cᵣ will have maximum value when 
r =  \frac{{37 - 1}}{2} = 18
          or
r =  \frac{{37 + 1}}{2} = 19
and from one polygon we will get  \frac{{18.(18 - 3)}}{2}  = 135 diagonals.
Hence maximum number of diagonals is = 135.(³⁷C₁₈)        Answer