Triangular Trivia

Triangular Trivia

Posers and Puzzles

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T

Joined
29 Feb 04
Moves
22
12 Mar 05

In triangle ABC
let side BC be of length a
let side AC be of length b
let side AB be of length c
let P be a randomly chosen point inside ABC with uniform distribution

What is the probability in terms of a,b,c that P will be:

1) perpendicularly closer to side AB than it is to either of the other two sides?
2) perpendicularly further from AB than the combined distances to the other two sides?

i

Joined
30 Oct 04
Moves
7813
12 Mar 05

Equal?!