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Graph Coloring · Superchallenge problem

A graph GG has vertices 1,…,61,\ldots,6 and edges 12,23,34,45,56,61,13,1512,23,34,45,56,61,13,15 (88 edges: the 66-cycle plus two chords from vertex 11). Deletion-contraction gives its chromatic polynomial as P(G,k)=k6−8k5+26k4−43k3+36k2−12kP(G,k) = k^6 - 8k^5 + 26k^4 - 43k^3+36k^2-12k. In general, for a graph with mm edges, the coefficient of kn−2k^{n-2} equals (m2)\binom{m}{2} minus the number of TRIANGLES. Using only this fact (not by inspecting GG's edges directly for triangles), how many triangles does GG have?