Puzzle | Maximum pieces that can be cut from a Circle using 6 straight lines
PUZZLE:
Given a Circle and Six Straight Lines. What is the maximum number of pieces that one can cut the circle using these six straight lines?
SOLUTION:
Using six lines, we can cut the circle into 22 pieces at maximum.
- Using one line, the circle can be divided into two parts.
- Two lines divide the circle into four parts.
- Three lines divide the circle into seven unequal parts.
- Four lines cut the circle into eleven parts.
- Using five lines, circle can be divided into sixteen parts.
- Finally, using six lines the maximum parts that can be formed are 22.
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