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Scot E. Wilcoxon
Nov 5, 1986, 10:42:06 AM11/5/86
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In article <4...@jumbo.DEC.COM> sto...@jumbo.UUCP (Jorge Stolfi) writes:
>Larry Bruns asked:
>>
>> If three distinct points are chosen randomly anywhere in space,
>> what is the probability that the resulting triangle is acute?
>> (i.e. that none of the 3 angles is greater than 90 degrees).
>
>Larry Bruns asked:
>>
>> If three distinct points are chosen randomly anywhere in space,
>> what is the probability that the resulting triangle is acute?
>> (i.e. that none of the 3 angles is greater than 90 degrees).
>
I missed the original posting, but isn't this the same as "what is the
ratio between { the range of three angles which are in acute
triangle } and { the range of three angles which are in triangles
which are not acute } ?"
Ignore the distance and just look at the possible angles.
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