2005 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21

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Problem

How many distinct triangles can be drawn using three of the dots below as vertices?

[asy]dot(origin^^(1,0)^^(2,0)^^(0,1)^^(1,1)^^(2,1));[/asy]

$\textbf{(A)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 24$

Solution

The number of ways to choose three points to make a triangle is $_6 C _3 = 20$. However, two of these are a straight line so subtract $2$ to get $\boxed{\texetbf{(C)}\ 18}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).

See Also

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