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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?

See The Solution Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

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Subject	Author	Date
Quick and dirty solution; not a proof	Larry	2020-04-23 06:48:48
Answer	K Sengupta	2008-10-03 02:42:58
Any triangle	Federico Kereki	2005-11-24 11:00:29
Solution	Bractals	2005-11-24 10:41:53
Old problem	goFish	2005-11-24 10:06:11
Solution	Ken Haley	2005-11-24 09:44:07

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