Out of 18 points in a plane, no three are in the same line except five points which are collinear. Find the number of lines that can be formed joining the points.
[Hint: Number of straight lines = 18C25C2 + 1.]

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    Payal Gupta | Contributor-Level 10

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    This is a long answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar

    Totalnumberofpoints=12 Outof18numbers,5arecollinearandwegetastraightlinebyjoininganytwopoints. Totalnumberofstraightlineformedbyjoining2pointsoutof18points=C218 Numberofstraightlinesformedbyjoining2pointsoutof5points=C25 But5pointsarecollinearandwegetonlyonelinewhentheyarejoinedpairwise. S o , t h e r e q u i r e d n u m b e r o f s t r a i g h t l i n e s a r e = C 2 1 8 C 2 5 + 1 = 1 8 . 1 7 2 . 1 5 . 4 2 . 1 + 1 = 1 5 3 1 0 + 1 = 1 4 4 H e n c e , t o t a l n u m b e r o f s t r a i g h t l i n e s = 1 4 4 .

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