Monday Madness

Picture, if you will, a Circle. Any Circle. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to determine how many distinct areas you can divide the circle into - using only a maximum of 5 straight lines (that means no "crooked" lines are allowed).

Picture, if you will, a Circle. Any Circle.

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to determine how many distinct areas you can divide the circle into - using only a maximum of 5 straight lines (that means no "crooked" lines are allowed).

I preach against this, it's a pentagram inside of a circle, many of the occult use this to worship, but if you follow the lines through from end to end you will have 16 sections.

jimbo1

i only get 11 with a pentagram not 16?? and i agree the pentagram is the way to get the answer.

i only get 11 with a pentagram not 16??

I know but use a star and from each point draw a line all the way to each end, the star is the answer light over darkness

Jimbo1

i only get 11 with a pentagram not 16??

I know but use a star and from each point draw a line all the way to each end, the star is the answer light over darkness

Jimbo1

?? use a star ??

i only get 11, mark five points around circle evenly spaced then use 5 lines to join them.. 11 segments.

you'd get 16 if 5 were outside the circle, by extending the points, but they don't count he ask for inside the circle.

Well done Jimbo1!

16 is the correct answer.

@terry1966,

Does this help?
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yes, tomk stupid me, never thought about decreasing the points to get 16.. well done jimbo.

Well done Jimbo1!

16 is the correct answer.

@terry1966,

Does this help?
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LOL thanks TomK I was trying to draw it on PS3 and was trying a rough version in paint, but that pic looks better, easy to draw on paper.

Good job!!!!