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Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points are to be marked on the line from both the end points. From each end, the first point is at a distance of 1 cm from the end, the second point is at a distance of 2 cm from the end, the third point is at a distance of 3 cm from the end and so on. If the points are marked in this manner from one end and the common points are counted as one, what is the number of points?

A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points are to be marked on the line from both the end points. From each end, the first point is at a distance of 1 cm from the end, the second point is at a distance of 2 cm from the end, the third point is at a distance of 3 cm from the end and so on. If the points are marked in this manner from one end and the common points are counted as one, what is the number of points?

Options

  1. a.

    16

    Correct answer
  2. b.

    22

  3. c.

    14

  4. d.

    18

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