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Let `ngeq2` be integer. Take `n` distinct points on a circle and join each pair of points by a line segment. Color the line segment joining every pair of adjacent points by blue and the rest by red. If the number of red and blue line segments are equal, then the value of `n` is

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5

PLAN Number of line segment joining pair of adjacent point = n
Number of line segment obtained joining n points
on a circle `= ""^(n)C_(2)`
Number of red line segments = n
`therefore` `""^(n)C_(2) - n = n`
`rArr` `(n(n - 1))/(2) = 2n`
`rArr` `n = 5`
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