How many diagonals can be drawn in a pentagon?

5

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10

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8

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7

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Solution

The correct option is A $5$
Number of diagonals = $^{5} C_{2} = 10$
It also includes sides of pentagon so, we should subtract the number of sides i.e $= 5$
Number of diagonals $= 10 - 5 = 5$

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