EXAMPLE 4 Suppose that a connected planar simple graph has 20 vertices, each of degree 3. Into how manyregions does a representation of this planar graph split the plane?Solution: This graph has 20 vertices, each of degree 3, so v = 20. Because the sum of the degreesof the vertices, 3v = 3 · 20 = 60, is equal to twice the number of edges, 2e, we have 2e = 60,or e = 30. Consequently, from Euler’s formula, the number of regions isr = e − v + 2 = 30 − 20 + 2 = 12.▲Euler’s formula can be used to establish some inequalities that must be satisfied by planargraphs. One such inequality is given in Corollary 1.
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