Question:

Out of 18 points in a plane, no three are in the same st. line except five points which are collinear. The number of straight lines that can be formed joining them is

Updated On: Jul 6, 2022
  • 143
  • 144
  • 153
  • none of these.
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

Reqd. number of st. lines $=^{18}C_{2}-^{5}C_{2}+1=\frac{18\times17}{12}-\frac{5\times4}{2}+1$ $=153-10+1$ $=144$
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Concepts Used:

Permutations and Combinations

Permutation:

Permutation is the method or the act of arranging members of a set into an order or a sequence. 

  • In the process of rearranging the numbers, subsets of sets are created to determine all possible arrangement sequences of a single data point. 
  • A permutation is used in many events of daily life. It is used for a list of data where the data order matters.

Combination:

Combination is the method of forming subsets by selecting data from a larger set in a way that the selection order does not matter.

  • Combination refers to the combination of about n things taken k at a time without any repetition.
  • The combination is used for a group of data where the order of data does not matter.