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Two Obtuse Angles (Posted on 2007-01-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Let AB and BC represent two adjacent sides of square ABCD. If P is a randomly selected point inside of the square, and segments PA, PB, and PC are drawn, what is the probability that angle APB and angle BPC are both obtuse?

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Solution | Comment 2 of 4 |
the area where angle APB will be obtuse will be inside of a semicircle with AB as diameter.
Similarly BPC will be obtuse inside of a semicircle with BC as diameter.

Both will be obtuse in their intersectional ares which will be intersection of the two quarter circles:

<img src="http://i15.tinypic.com/2w7hgg2.jpg">

the solution will be the difference of integrals of the two curves:

y=(1-x²)½ and y= 1+(1-(x-1)²)½ from 0 to 1.

that area divided by four will give the required probability!

comes to an integration i cannot do, maybe theres a standard formula for that fraction of area

Edited on February 2, 2007, 6:30 am
  Posted by Vishal Gupta on 2007-02-02 06:16:09

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