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Perpendiculars Picking Probability (Posted on 2005-11-24)

You choose a random point, uniformly, within an equilateral triangle.

What's the average distance to the three sides?

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Any triangle

| Comment 4 of 6 |

Forget it!

Edited on November 24, 2005, 11:06 am

Posted by Federico Kereki on 2005-11-24 11:00:29

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