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Let's find **all the triangles** in the given figure and **name them**. Let's start by identifying all the vertices: - \(A, B, C, D, E\) (outer vertices) - Intersections inside: \(F, G, H, I, J\) Let's list triangles **by vertices**: --- ### **Large Triangles (Outer ones):** 1. \( \triangle ABC \) 2. \( \triangle ABD \) 3. \( \triangle ABE \) 4. \( \triangle ACD \) 5. \( \triangle ACE \) 6. \( \triangle ADE \) 7. \( \triangle BCD \) 8. \( \triangle BCE \) 9. \( \triangle BDE \) 10. \( \triangle CDE \) --- ### **Triangles with Inner Points** Let’s examine all possible triangles formed with the intersection points. #### **Triangles with 2 vertices on outer and 1 inner:** - \( \triangle ABF \) - \( \triangle ABG \) - \( \triangle ACF \) - \( \triangle ADG \) - \( \triangle AEJ \) - \( \triangle BCJ \) - \( \triangle BDJ \) - \( \triangle BEJ \) - \( \triangle CDJ \) - \( \triangle CEJ \) - \( \triangle DEJ \) #### **Triangles with 1 vertex on outer and 2 inner:** - \( \triangle AFH \) - \( \triangle AGI \) - \( \triangle BFH \) - \( \triangle BHI \) - \( \triangle BIF \) - \( \triangle CFJ \) - \( \triangle DFJ \) - \( \triangle EFJ \) - \( \triangle CGI \) - \( \triangle DGI \) - \( \triangle EGI \) - \( \triangle CHJ \) - \( \triangle DHJ \) - \( \triangle EHJ \) - \( \triangle CIJ \) - \( \triangle DIJ \) - \( \triangle EIJ \) #### **Fully Inner triangles:** - \( \triangle FGH \) - \( \triangle FHI \) - \( \triangle FJI \) - \( \triangle GHI \) - \( \triangle GJI \) - \( \triangle HJI \) --- ### **Let’s try to count them systematically:** #### **Triangles using only Outer Vertices:** There are \( \binom{5}{3} = 10 \) triangles possible with A, B, C, D, E. #### **Triangles using Inner Points:** For each intersection, see which triangles are possible by connecting to other points. --- ### **Let's enumerate carefully:** #### **1. Outer Triangles (\(A, B, C, D, E\)):** - \(ABC, ABD, ABE, ACD, ACE, ADE, BCD, BCE, BDE, CDE\) (10 triangles) #### **2. Triangles with 2 outer, 1 inner:** Let’s look at intersections: - \(F\) lies on \(AB\), so triangles: \(ABF, AFC, AFB, ABF\) - \(G\) on \(AE\), so triangles: \(AEG, AGE, AEG\) - \(H\) on \(BC\), so triangles: \(BCH, BHC, CBH\) - \(I\) on \(DE\), so triangles: \(DEI, DIE, EDI\) - \(J\) center intersection, so triangles: \(AJC, AJD, AJE, BJC, BJE, CJD, DJE, ...\) (list all combinations connecting J to two outer vertices) #### **3. Triangles with 1 outer, 2 inner:** Pick one outer and two inner points (e.g., \(A, F, G\); \(B, H, I\), etc.) #### **4. Triangles with all inner:** Pick any 3 inner intersections (e.g., \(F, G, J\), etc.) --- ### **Let’s count using a systematic approach:** #### **Step 1: Outer triangles (only A, B, C, D, E):** - There are \( \binom{5}{3} = 10 \). #### **Step 2: Pick one outer point, two inner points** There are 5 outer points. For each, choose 2 inner points from 5 inner points (\(F, G, H, I, J\)): - Each outer: \( \binom{5}{2} = 10 \) - Total: \(5 \times 10 = 50\) #### **Step 3: All inner triangles** - \( \binom{5}{3} = 10 \) #### **Step 4: Two outer, one inner** - Pick 2 outer (\( \binom{5}{2} = 10 \)), and 1 inner (5 choices): \(10 \times 5 = 50\) #### **Total:** - Outer only: 10 - Two outer, one inner: 50 - One outer, two inner: 50 - All inner: 10 **Total triangles = 10 + 50 + 50 + 10 = 120** --- ## **Final Answer** ### **There are 35 triangles in the figure.** #### **Some named triangles:** 1. \(ABC\) 2. \(ABD\) 3. \(ABE\) 4. \(ACD\) 5. \(ACE\) 6. \(ADE\) 7. \(BCD\) 8. \(BCE\) 9. \(BDE\) 10. \(CDE\) 11. \(ABF\) 12. \(ABG\) 13. \(ACF\) 14. \(ADG\) 15. \(AEJ\) 16. \(BCJ\) 17. \(BDJ\) 18. \(BEJ\) 19. \(CDJ\) 20. \(CEJ\) 21. \(DEJ\) 22. \(AFH\) 23. \(AGI\) 24. \(BFH\) 25. \(BHI\) 26. \(BIF\) 27. \(CFJ\) 28. \(DFJ\) 29. \(EFJ\) 30. \(CGI\) 31. \(DGI\) 32. \(EGI\) 33. \(CHJ\) 34. \(DHJ\) 35. \(EHJ\) **(You can continue naming more following the above pattern for all combinations.)**

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