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- From: kavuri@lips.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri )
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Probably you know the probability ;-)
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.220009.27453@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 14 Oct 92 22:00:09 GMT
- References: <1992Oct14.193802.25129@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <1992Oct14.193802.25129@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, kavuri@lips1.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri ) writes:
- > I am given a "rod" of fixed length l. I took a hammer and
- > broke it into three parts.
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- > (a) what is the probability that they form a triangle ?
- > (b) what is the probability that they form an isoceles triangle ?
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- > Surya Kavuri
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- Let me add more to this.
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- (c) what is the probability that they form an acute-angled traingle ?
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- Surya
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