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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!lips1.ecn.purdue.edu!kavuri
  3. From: kavuri@lips1.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri )
  4. Subject: Probably you know the probability ;-)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Oct14.193802.25129@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
  6. Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news)
  7. Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
  8. Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 19:38:02 GMT
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  11.   I am given a "rod" of fixed length l. I took a hammer and
  12.   broke it into three parts.
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  14.    (a) what is the probability that they form a triangle ?
  15.    (b) what is the probability that they form an isoceles triangle ?
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  18.    Surya Kavuri
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