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RE: Probability of a Triangle

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:29:58 +0100, Ballew, Pat wrote:
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>I think I want to try the most direct, what if

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:44:43 +0100, Ballew, Pat wrote:
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>And just as a note, Is the third solution shown here

And just as a note, Is the third solution shown here (the one for question B
below) correct?

Pat Ballew
Lakenheath,

I love the last statement here where the stick is bronken at random, and
then the selection of which of the two sticks to break again is

On May 29 15:45:21 1996, Pat Ballew wrote:
> a) If a unit length segment is randomly broken at two

I believe that the answer to part (b) should still be 1/4.
1. Heuristically or intuitively, although the 2 sequences of events
as "described"

In article <9604298333.AA833373730@ccmail.odedodea.edu> Pat_Ballew@ccmail.odedodea.edu writes:
> b) If the

Dan,

A very pretty solution. My own approach was two-dimensional but also used
geometric probability. The three segments have length x,

In article <9604298333.AA833373730@ccmail.odedodea.edu> Pat_Ballew@ccmail.odedodea.edu writes:
> a) If a unit

a) If a unit length segment is randomly broken at two points along
its length, what is the probability that the three pieces created