Answer
28 segments
Work Step by Step
If n is the number of points, then $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ is the number of segments. You can therefore plug 8 in for n and then solve to get 28:
$\frac{8(8-1)}{2}$= $\frac{8(7)}{2}$ = $\frac{56}{2}$ = 28
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