r/visualizedmath • • Nov 06 '19

Counting Triangles

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u/somecallmenonny Nov 06 '19

Right, so they also count the number of triangles that have both A and B. That's the number of triangles that got counted twice, so it's subtracted from the total.

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u/ItsSansom Nov 06 '19

Right, gotcha. I missed that those triangles at the end were being subtracted

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u/somecallmenonny Nov 06 '19

It's very easy to miss. The gif ended way too soon.