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Give a rule in words to find the number of nonoverlapping triangles in a polygon

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The triangle of a polygon are the triangles created by drawing line segments from one vertex of a polygon to all the others. 
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Answer:

The number of non overlapping triangle in a polygon is 2 less than the number of sides.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

The sum of all interior angle of the polygon with n sides is 180(n-2).

The above formula is related with the number of non overlapping triangles in a polygon.

As we know that the sum of all interior angle of a triangle is 180°. That means 180 in the above formula is represents the sum of interior angle of triangle.

The (n-2) represents the number of non overlapping triangles in a polygon with n side.

Thus, we can say that the number of non overlapping triangle in a polygon is with n side is n-2.

In words the rule is: The number of non overlapping triangle in a polygon is 2 less than the number of sides.

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