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by clock60 » Sun May 02, 2010 3:20 pm
ern5231 wrote:Consider two parallel lines(one below other).Above line has 5 points and the line below has 4 points. How many triangles are possible with these points?

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2C4*5C1+5C2*4C1=30+40=70

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by liferocks » Sun May 02, 2010 5:44 pm
total number of triangle formed with 5+4 point =9C3=84
total number of triangle formed with 5 point =4C3=10
total number of triangle formed with 4 point =4C3=4

Since points in the same line will not form triangle,total number of triangles is
[spoiler]84-10-4= 70[/spoiler]
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by ern5231 » Tue May 11, 2010 8:56 pm
Should the solution not be :

C (5,2) xC (4,1) -> Selecting two points from above line and one from below

C (5,1) xC (4, 2) -> Selecting one point from above line and two from below

C (5,2) xC (4,1) + C (5,1) xC (4, 2) = 50

I think the mistake in the posts above is consideration of 2C4 instead of 4C2. I not quite good with Combinatorics so pls correct me if I am wrong
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by liferocks » Tue May 11, 2010 9:09 pm
ern5231 wrote:Should the solution not be :

C (5,2) xC (4,1) -> Selecting two points from above line and one from below =5*4*4/2=40

C (5,1) xC (4, 2) -> Selecting one point from above line and two from below =5*4*3/2=30

C (5,2) xC (4,1) + C (5,1) xC (4, 2) =40+30= 50

I think the mistake in the posts above is consideration of 2C4 instead of 4C2. I not quite good with Combinatorics so pls correct me if I am wrong
small correction in the calculation.
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