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There are 10 points in a plane, out of these 6 are collinear. The number of triangles formed by joining these points, is

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a

150

b

100

c

120

d

130

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

A triangle is obtained by joining three noncollinear points. So number of triangles on joining 3 points out of 10 points = 10C3.

But, 6 points are collinear and on joining any three out of these 6, we do not obtain a triangle .

Hence, the required number of triangles

=10C36C3=12020=100.

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