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Three Points in a Square (Posted on 2008-03-17) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Three points are chosen at random inside a square. Each point is chosen by choosing a random x-coordinate and a random y-coordinate.

A triangle is drawn with the three random points as the vertices. What is the probability that the center of the square is inside the triangle?

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  Subject Author Date
re: Faster, simpler, better and now FURTHERHarry2009-03-18 15:41:15
AnswerK Sengupta2009-01-07 15:16:45
SolutionFaster, simpler, better and now FURTHERFrankM2008-03-25 16:40:18
An Alembic of Alephantine Animadversionsed bottemiller2008-03-19 10:50:32
re(4): Not faster, simpler, or betterCharlie2008-03-18 17:01:00
re(4): Not faster, simpler, or betterCharlie2008-03-18 16:49:16
re(3): Not faster, simpler, or bettered bottemiller2008-03-18 16:15:24
re(2): Not faster, simpler, or betterCharlie2008-03-18 10:45:45
re: Not faster, simpler, or bettered bottemiller2008-03-18 09:36:44
Some ThoughtsNot faster, simpler, or betterSteve Herman2008-03-18 00:54:09
Hints/Tipsthoughts to share with ed bottemillerFrankM2008-03-17 21:47:34
re: Faster, simpler, bettered bottemiller2008-03-17 20:58:26
SolutionFaster, simpler, betterFrankM2008-03-17 19:56:21
Guessed bottemiller2008-03-17 17:20:57
Some ThoughtsAlmost all the wayFrankM2008-03-17 17:13:10
Solutionre: I give up! (spoiler)Charlie2008-03-17 16:28:55
I give up! (spoiler)Steve Herman2008-03-17 13:45:20
Solutioncomputer exploration -- Monte Carlo methodCharlie2008-03-17 13:21:49
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