permutations::interestingly tough

hey guyys a nice sum....

plz try it outt

if there r n points on a circle....no. of triangles that can be formed by joining them.....note:no three lines intersect at a point.....[the answer iss not nC3

u have to consider the small triangles forming too....

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archana anand ·

"..note:no three lines intersect at a point....." isnt this obvious if they form triangle!!!

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Lokesh Verma ·

but archana.. some of them will form a triangle outside the circle

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RAY ·

@nishant bro::arre nishant bhaiya...kuch toh solution likhiye....

@archana::i mean this case wont occur

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RAY ·

no takers here??????

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kaymant ·

The number of such triangles is
nC3 + 4 nC4 + 5 nC5 + nC6

Here,
nC3 counts the number of triangles having all three vertices on the circle
4 nC4 counts the number of triangles having two vertices on the circle
5 nC5 counts the number of triangles having one vertex on the circle
nC6 counts the number of triangles having none of its vertices on the circle

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RAY ·

can u plz explain how u got

4 nC4 counts the number of triangles having two vertices on the circle
5 nC5 counts the number of triangles having one vertex on the circle
nC6 counts the number of triangles having none of its vertices on the circle

i mean the logic behind dis part....

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Lokesh Verma ·

Rohit.. take the case when 2 vertices are on the circle..

The third vertex is a point outside the circle which can be chosen as a point of intersection of any 4 points on the circle...

Now can you understand teh logic?

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Lokesh Verma ·

Clarification in the above post:
By "outside" I mean not on the circle but 'inside' the circumference of the circle :P

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RAY ·

o yes....but the two points on the circle can also be choosen in nC2 ways...so we should write

nC2 * nC4

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sovan007 ·

Let Tn denote the no of triangles which can b formed using

the vertices of a regular polygon of n sides. If Tn+1-Tn=21,then n equals

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sovan007 ·

If the (n+1) nos a,b,c,d...be all different and each of them a prime

no,then the no of different factors (other than 1) of

am.b.c.d....is

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