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5, 6, Pick Up Sticks (Posted on 2003-11-05) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Suppose you had five sticks of length 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 inches. If you chose three at random, what is the likelihood tht the three sticks could be put together, tip to tip, so as to form a triangle?

Now suppose you had twenty sticks, of lengths 1 through 20 inches. If you picked three at random, what is the likelihood that the three could be put together, tip to tip, to form a right triangle?

(Assume that a triangle has to have some area)

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  Subject Author Date
re: A simpler formulaLee2003-11-21 07:16:18
A simpler formulaYevgen2003-11-11 17:44:21
formulaLee2003-11-06 13:18:27
re: Solution?Dan2003-11-05 23:46:24
Solution?Kimberly2003-11-05 23:17:34
re: A Potential SolutionDan2003-11-05 17:18:37
No SubjectDan2003-11-05 16:13:13
SolutionRemainder of Full SolutionSilverKnight2003-11-05 15:48:26
A Potential SolutionGordon Steel2003-11-05 15:38:25
SolutionSecond PartCharlie2003-11-05 15:30:46
re(2): Quick partial answerSilverKnight2003-11-05 14:52:49
re: Quick partial answerCharlie2003-11-05 14:45:12
Some ThoughtsQuick partial answerSam2003-11-05 14:40:43
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