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Obtuse angle? (Posted on 2017-10-25)

Fix a line segment L in the plane.
Among all triangles which have L as longest side one is chosen at random.

What is the probability it is obtuse?

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The probability that the triangle is obtuse is approximately 63.938256%

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-06-29 23:23:14

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