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If all of the diagonals are drawn from a vertex of a pentagon, how many triangles are formed?

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A picture helps. There are 2 non-adjacent vertices, so two diagonals can be drawn, resulting in 3 triangles.

If all of the diagonals are drawn from a vertex of a pentagon, how many triangles-example-1
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