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The probability that a random triangle is obtuse

ERIC LANGFORD

Biometrika · 1969 · Volume 56 · Issue 3

DOI: 10.1093/biomet/56.3.689

Abstract

This paper gives an expression for P ( L ), the probability that three points chosen at random in a rectangle with dimensions 1 × L form an obtuse triangle. By ‘at random’ we mean uniformly and independently in each co-ordinate.

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