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Problem
The number of diagonals that can be drawn in a polygon of sides is:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Each diagonal has its two endpoints as vertices of the 100-gon. Each pair of vertices determines exactly one diagonal. Therefore the answer should be . However this also counts the 100 sides of the polygon, so the actual answer is .
Final answer
A