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Four Pins and a Rubber Band (Posted on 2005-02-10)

Four pins are randomly nailed to a square board (according to a uniform probability distribution), and a rubber band is stretched completely around them to form a convex shape. What is the probability that the rubber band is in the shape of a triangle?

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The required probability is approximately 0.30556

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-03-03 11:02:36

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