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A Set of 4 parallel line intersect with another 2 lines set of 5 paralel lines . how many parallelograms are formed

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This is a question for Permutations and Combinations. For a parallelogram, you need 2 pairs of parallel lines. So we can "choose" any two lines from the first set of 4 parallel lines 'and' choose any two lines from the second set of 5 parallel lines.

Thus 60 parallelograms are formed.
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