Question

Celine chooses 5 distinct points on he white paper sheet. She then draws the lines connecting each pair of the distinct points. Denote by m and M the minimum and maximum numbers of distinct lines drawn. What is the value of M minus m? A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

Answer 1

We will have that if we chose 5 different points, there will be a total of 10 possible lines that can be drawn, and there will also be a minimum of 2 lines that can be drawn.

so M - n = 8. [Option B]