Daily Coding Problem: Problem #1186 [Easy]

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Suppose you are given two lists of n points, one list p₁, p₂, ..., p_n on the line y = 0 and the other list q₁, q₂, ..., q_n on the line y = 1. Imagine a set of n line segments connecting each point p_i to q_i. Write an algorithm to determine how many pairs of the line segments intersect.

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