# Difference between revisions of "1970 IMO Problems/Problem 6"

## Problem

In a plane there are $100$ points, no three of which are collinear. Consider all possible triangles having these point as vertices. Prove that no more than $70 \%$ of these triangles are acute-angled.

## Solution

At most $3$ of the triangles formed by $4$ points can be acute. It follows that at most $7$ out of the $10$ triangles formed by any $5$ points can be acute. For given $10$ points, the maximum number of acute triangles is: the number of subsets of $4$ points times $\frac{3}{\text{the number of subsets of 4 points containing 3 given points}}$. The total number of triangles is the same expression with the first $3$ replaced by $4$. Hence at most $\frac{3}{4}$ of the $10$, or $7.5$, can be acute, and hence at most  (Error compiling LaTeX. ! Missing \$ inserted.)7 can be acute. The same argument now extends the result to $100$ points. The maximum number of acute triangles formed by $100$ points is: the number of subsets of $5$ points times $\frac{7}{\text{the number of subsets of 5 points containing 3 given points}}$. The total number of triangles is the same expression with $7$ replaced by $10$. Hence at most $\frac{7}{10}$ of the triangles are acute.

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