How many diagonals does a 59-sided convex polygon have?	Select.
A) 1168  B) 1652  C) 2452  D) 3304  E) 4256

Rationale: a 59 - sided convex polygon has 59 vertices . if we examine a single vertex , we can see that we can connect it with 56 other vertices to create a diagonal . note that we ca n ' t connect the vertex to itself and we ca n ' t connect it to its adjacent vertices , since this would not create a diagonal . if each of the 59 vertices can be connected with 56 vertices to create a diagonal then the total number of diagonals would be ( 59 ) ( 56 ) = 3304 however , we must recognize that we have counted every diagonal twice . to account for counting each diagonal twice , we must divide 3304 by 2 to get 1652 . the answer is b .
Answer: B