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#896 · Combinatorics · Counting

Planes determined by points

Given points in space, no four of which are coplanar, except that of them lie in a single plane, find the number of distinct planes that contain exactly three of the points.

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XI. Permutations and Combinations, Examples XI.b, No. 25

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