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Four Points in a Square (Posted on 2023-01-12) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Four points are chosen at random inside a square. Each point is chosen by choosing a random x-coordinate and a random y-coordinate.

A convex quadrilateral is drawn with the the four random points as the vertices.

Determine the probability that the center of the square is inside this quadrilateral.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (2 votes)

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re: Sanity check on classification -- last part got cut off | Comment 8 of 10 |
(In reply to Sanity check on classification by Charlie)

Determined as convex but not containing center of square:
 
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  Posted by Charlie on 2023-01-13 08:29:59
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