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8 December

It is possible to arrange 4 points on a plane and draw non-intersecting lines between them to form 3 non-overlapping triangles:
It is not possible to make more than 3 triangles with 4 points.
What is the maximum number of non-overlapping triangles that can be made by arranging 290 points on a plane and drawing non-intersecting lines between them?

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