How many straight lines can be formed by joining 12 points 7 of which are collinear

Sol:a)
A straight line can be obtained by joining any two points.

Given 12 points,5 of which are collinear.

In this case the number of straight lines that can be formed using the 5 collinear points is only 1.

The number of straight lines when 5 of the 12 points are collinear is given by
12C2 - 5C2 +1 . = 66 - 10 +1 = 57.
b)
Total 12 points, 5 are collinear, 7 are non collinear.

To solve this, find out all the ways three points can be joined to form a triangle.

Case 1 - All three points selected from the 7 non-collinear points. This can be done in 7C3 ways. = 35 ways.

Case 2 - Two points are selected from the 7 non-collinear points, and one from the 5 collinear points.This can be done in 7C2 x 5C1  ways. = 21 x 5 = 105 ways.

Case 3 - One point is selected from the 7 non-collinear points and two points are selected from the 5 collinear points. This can be done in 7C1 x 5C2  ways. = 7 x 10 = 70 ways.

Case 4 - zero points from the 7 non-collinear points and three from the 5 collinear points. This case will not yield a traingle and only yield straight lines. So it will 0.

Hence answer is where case 1 or case 2 or case 3 happens to form a valid triangle, i.e. 35 + 105 + 70 = 210 ways.

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Solution

The correct option is C185The number of ways of selecting 3 points out of 12 points is 12C3. The number of ways of selecting 3 points out of 7 points on the same straight line is 7C3. Hence the number of triangles formed will be 12C3−7C3=185.

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Hence the number of triangles formed will be 12C3−7C3=185.

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How many triangles can be formed by joining 12 points, 7 of which are collinear? The number of triangles that can be formed from 12 points is = 10 as 7 points are collinear. E is the answer.

How many straight lines can be formed by joining 12 points?

=6C1×6C1+6C2+1=52.

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