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There are some segments on the plane such that no two of them intersect each other (even at the ending points). We say segment

AB

breaks segment

CD

if the extension of

AB

cuts

CD

at some point between

C

and

D

. [asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(4cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -5.267474904743955, xmax = 11.572179069738377, ymin = -10.642621257034536, ymax = 4.543526642434019; /* image dimensions */
/* draw figures */ draw((-4,-2)--(1.08,-2.03), linewidth(2)); draw(shift((-2.1866176795507295,-2.0107089507113147))*scale(0.21166666666666667)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((-0.16981767035094117,3.225314210196242)--(-2.1866176795507295,-2.0107089507113147), linewidth(2) + linetype("4 4")); draw((-0.16981767035094117,3.225314210196242)--(-0.8194002739586808,1.538865607509914), linewidth(2)); label("

A

",(-1.2684397405642523,3.860690076971137),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("

B

",(-1.9211395070170559,2.002590777612728),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("

C

",(-4.971261820527631,-1.6571211388676117),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("

D

",(1.08925640451367566,-1.6571211388676117),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); /* dots and labels */ dot((-4,-2),dotstyle); dot((1.08,-2.03),dotstyle); dot((-0.16981767035094117,3.225314210196242),dotstyle); dot((-0.8194002739586808,1.538865607509914),dotstyle); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy]

a)

Is it possible that each segment when extended from both ends, breaks exactly one other segment from each way? [asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(4cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -6.8, xmax = 8.68, ymin = -10.32, ymax = 3.64; /* image dimensions */
/* draw figures */ draw((-2.56,1.24)--(-0.36,1.4), linewidth(2)); draw((-3.32,-2.68)--(-1.24,-3.08), linewidth(2)); draw(shift((-2.551651190956802,-2.8277593863544612))*scale(0.17638888888888887)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw(shift((-0.8889576602618603,1.3615303519809556))*scale(0.17638888888888887)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((-2.551651190956802,-2.8277593863544612)--(-0.8889576602618603,1.3615303519809556), linewidth(2) + linetype("4 4")); draw((-1.4097008194020806,0.049476186483185636)--(-1.8514772275312024,-1.0636149148218605), linewidth(2)); /* dots and labels */ dot((-2.56,1.24),dotstyle); dot((-0.36,1.4),dotstyle); dot((-3.32,-2.68),dotstyle); dot((-1.24,-3.08),dotstyle); dot((-1.4097008194020806,0.049476186483185636),dotstyle); dot((-1.8514772275312024,-1.0636149148218605),dotstyle); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy]

b)

A segment is called surrounded if from both sides of it, there is exactly one segment that breaks it.\\ (e.g. segment

AB

in the figure.) Is it possible to have all segments to be surrounded?
[asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(7cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -10.70976151557872, xmax = 18.64292748469251, ymin = -16.354300717041443, ymax = 9.136192362141452; /* image dimensions */
/* draw figures */ draw((1.0313140845297686,0.748205038977829)--(-1.3,-4), linewidth(2.8)); draw((-5.780195085389632,-2.13088646583346)--(-2.549994860479401,-2.13088646583346), linewidth(2.8)); draw((4.121070821400425,-3.816208322308361)--(1.78,-1.88), linewidth(2.8)); draw(shift((-0.38228674372374466,-2.13088646583346))*scale(0.21166666666666667)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((-2.549994860479401,-2.13088646583346)--(-0.38228674372374466,-2.13088646583346), linewidth(2.8) + linetype("4 4")); draw(shift((0.32979226045261084,-0.6805897691262632))*scale(0.21166666666666667)*(expi(pi/4)--expi(5*pi/4)^^expi(3*pi/4)--expi(7*pi/4))); /* special point */ draw((4.121070821400425,-3.816208322308361)--(0.32979226045261084,-0.6805897691262632), linewidth(2.8) + linetype("4 4")); draw((-3.6313140845297687,-8.74820503897783)--(3.600422205681574,5.980726991931396), linewidth(2.8) + linetype("2 2")); label("

A

",(-0.397698406272906,1.754593418658662),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); label("

B

",(-2.6377720405041316,-3.266261278756151),SE*labelscalefactor,fontsize(16)); /* dots and labels */ dot((1.0313140845297686,0.748205038977829),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((-1.3,-4),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((-5.780195085389632,-2.13088646583346),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((-2.549994860479401,-2.13088646583346),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((4.121070821400425,-3.816208322308361),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); dot((1.78,-1.88),linewidth(6pt) + dotstyle); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy] Proposed by Morteza Saghafian

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