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In a plane there are two lines, a and b. a has 4 points on it while b has 5 points on it. Beside this there are six other points in this plane, no three of which are collinear. Also, apart from the points that lie on lines a and b, no three points are collinear. What is the maximum number of quadrilaterals that can be drawn using these points?
  • a)
    435
  • b)
    495
  • c)
    1215
  • d)
    915
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
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In a plane there are two lines, a and b. a has 4 points on it while b ...
In all there are 15 points in the plane. Number of ways in which four points can be selected from these 15 points is 15C4 = 1365.
But to form a quadrilateral, not more than 2 points can be on the same line.
So the cases when a selection of 4 out of 15 points, made in the above manner, will not result in a quadrilateral are:
Case (i):
When all the 4 points selected are on line a.
This selection can be made in 4C4 = 1 way.
Case (ii):
When all the 4 points selected lie on line b.
This selection can be made in 5C4 = 5 ways.
Case (iii):
When 3 points lie on line a, while the 4th point lies on either line b or is one of the 6 points in the plane.
This selection can be made in 4C
3
 x 5C3 + 4C3 x 6C1 = 44 ways.
Case (iv): When 3 points lie on line b, while the 4th point lies on either line a or is one of the 6 points in the plane.
This selection can be made in 5C3 x 4C3 + 5C3 x 6C1 = 100 ways.
So the total number o f quadrilaterals that can be formed is 1 3 6 5 - (1 + 5 + 44 + 100) =1215.
Hence, option 3.
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In a plane there are two lines, a and b. a has 4 points on it while b ...
To find the maximum number of quadrilaterals that can be formed using the given points, we need to consider all possible combinations of the points. Let's break down the solution step by step.

Step 1: Count the number of ways to choose 4 points from the given 6 points (excluding the points on lines a and b).
This can be calculated using the combination formula: C(n, r) = n! / (r! * (n-r)!), where n is the total number of points and r is the number of points to be chosen.
In this case, n = 6 and r = 4.
C(6, 4) = 6! / (4! * (6-4)!) = 6! / (4! * 2!) = (6 * 5 * 4 * 3) / (4 * 3 * 2 * 1) = 15.

Step 2: Count the number of ways to choose 2 points from the 4 points on line a.
This can be calculated using the combination formula: C(n, r) = n! / (r! * (n-r)!), where n is the total number of points and r is the number of points to be chosen.
In this case, n = 4 and r = 2.
C(4, 2) = 4! / (2! * (4-2)!) = 4! / (2! * 2!) = (4 * 3) / (2 * 1) = 6.

Step 3: Count the number of ways to choose 2 points from the 5 points on line b.
This can be calculated using the combination formula: C(n, r) = n! / (r! * (n-r)!), where n is the total number of points and r is the number of points to be chosen.
In this case, n = 5 and r = 2.
C(5, 2) = 5! / (2! * (5-2)!) = 5! / (2! * 3!) = (5 * 4) / (2 * 1) = 10.

Step 4: Calculate the maximum number of quadrilaterals.
To form a quadrilateral, we need to choose 4 points. Two of these points must be from line a, and two must be from line b. So, the total number of quadrilaterals can be calculated by multiplying the results from step 1, step 2, and step 3.
Maximum number of quadrilaterals = (number of ways to choose 4 points from 6 points) * (number of ways to choose 2 points from 4 points on line a) * (number of ways to choose 2 points from 5 points on line b)
Maximum number of quadrilaterals = 15 * 6 * 10 = 900.

Therefore, the maximum number of quadrilaterals that can be drawn using these points is 900. None of the given options match this answer, so the correct answer is None of these.
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