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A random polygon and n-dimensional volume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Gordon Haigh  and
David Pierce Jones
David Pierce Jones
Affiliation:
Sheldon Heath School, Birmingham Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amersham, Bucks HP6 5HA
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Three numbers are selected at random from the range [0,1]. What is the probability that they form the lengths of the sides of a triangle?

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 67 , Issue 440 , June 1983 , pp. 89 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983

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