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Three points lie on the same straight line. If each point can act as an endpoint, how many distinct line segments can be formed using the set of points? one

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The line would have two segments
User HarshaXsoad
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Two because it would have two rays at the end which aren't line segments. The line would look like <---*----*-----*---> So it only would have two segments
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