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What is the greatest number of intersection points possible with just 4 lines?
The greatest number of intersection points with just four lines is 6.
What is the greatest number of intersection points that four co planar lines can have?
The greatest number is six.
How many common points for intersection of four lines?
- If you're working on a single sheet of paper (2-D), then you can draw four lines that intersect in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 points. - If in 3-D space, then you can also draw four lines that don't intersect at all.
Can four lines have seven intersection points?
No. In plane geometry, two lines can intersect at at most one point. This means that for n points, the maximum number of intersections is limited by the number of pairs of lines. For lines a,b,c,d, there are six pairs: (a,b), (a,c), (a,d), (b,c), (b,d), (c,d). So four lines can have at most six intersections.
How many straight lines can be formed by connecting any 2 of the 6 non-collinear points?
15 Consider one of the points. Call it point A. You can draw one line containing A through each of the other five lines (i.e., there are five lines that contain both A and another of the five points). Now, consider another of the points -- call it B. Excluiding the line that contains A and B, there are four lines that can be drawn containing B and one of the other four points. Continue this process for all the points. You get 5+4+3+2+1=15 lines. In general, if you have n non-collinear points, there are n+(n-1)+(n-2)+...+2+1=n*(n+1)/2 lines that can be drawn through any two of those points.
