Ten points are marked on a straight line and eleven points are marked on another straight line. How many triangles can be constructed with vertices from among the above points?
Step-by-step Solution:
To form a triangle, we need to select 3 points. The condition is that these 3 points cannot all be on the same straight line (they must be non-collinear). We have two lines with points:
A triangle can be formed in two distinct ways:
We will use the combination formula, $C(n, k) = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}$, to calculate the number of ways for each case.
To find the total number of possible triangles, we add the results from both cases.
Total Triangles = (Triangles from Case 1) + (Triangles from Case 2)
Total Triangles = $495 + 550 = \mathbf{1045}$
This corresponds to option C.