Introduction to Probability · Problem 2.2.16

Combinatorics — Grinstead & Snell

Mathematics — Probability · continuous-density-functions

Problem

Three points are chosen at random on a circle of unit circumference. What is the probability that the triangle defined by these points as vertices has three acute angles? Hint: One of the angles is obtuse if and only if all three points lie in the same semicircle. Take the circumference as the interval [0,1][0, 1]. Take one point at 0 and the others at BB and CC.

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