Rw27
Can anyone please highlight the difference between the question under discussion and this question
https://gmatclub.com/forum/triangle-abc ... 32573.html How do we distinguish between the two?
The main difference is the constraints.
In this question you are free to choose any 3 points on the plane (and then have to remove colinearities).
This means you choose 3 x coordinates and 3 y coordinates.
So the calculation is 9C3 - colinearities.
Colinearities in this problem are when all three points are on the same line and as explained above there are 8 such points.
In the question you linked to the constraints are much stronger:
Essentially, once you choose points A and C then point B is fixed.
So you're only choosing 2 x coordinates and 2 y coordinates.
You can do this as explained in the link - 6C1 * 11C1 * 5C1 * 10C1 = 3300
You can also calculate 66*(65-colinearities) = 66*50 = 3300
Colinearities in this problem are when points A and C are on the same line and there are 15 such options (10 horizontal, 5 vertical)
If all this is confusing, the bottom line is that the constraints are the main difference - are you choosing 3 points or 2?
Good luck!