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A Geometrical Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

R. C. Lyness
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To find the ratio which gives the greatest chance that through a point, chosen at random within a triangle, six lines may be drawn to divide the triangle in that ratio.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 23 , Issue 254 , May 1939 , pp. 155 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1939

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Page 155 of note * The internal bisector of ∠ZBD is the same line as the internal bisector of ∠ABC.

Page 158 of note * I use “triangular” for want of a better word.