9 points are on a plane such that 5 of them lie on a straight line (No other set of three or more points are collinear). How many different non-degenerate triangles can be formed from these points?
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The triangle can be formed by choosing 3 points out of 9 points but since 5 points are collinear choosing three points from them would simply result in a straight line( and not triangle). Thus ways:
( 3 9 ) − ( 3 5 ) = 8 4 − 1 0 = 7 4