Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2013

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    If\[m\]parallel lines in a plane are intersected by a family of\[n\]parallel lines, then the number of parallelograms that can be formed is

    A) \[\frac{1}{4}mn(m-1)(n-1)\]       

    B) \[\frac{1}{2}mn(m-1)(n-1)\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{4}{{m}^{2}}{{n}^{2}}\]              

    D)         None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Selection of 2 parallel lines from\[m{{=}^{m}}{{C}_{2}}\] Selection of 2 parallel lines from\[n{{=}^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\] Hence, number of parallelograms\[{{=}^{m}}{{C}_{2}}{{\cdot }^{n}}{{C}_{2}}\]                 \[=\frac{1}{4}(m-1)(n-1)mn\]


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