Parabolas Cutting the Plane

Problem

Two parabolas can divide the plane into at most 77 regions, and three parabolas into at most 1616 regions. Into at most how many regions can four parabolas divide the plane?

Answer

Solution

Difficulty5/10
Topicscombinatorics, plane geometry, Counting, Recursion

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