Mathematics Week
2004                                                                       

                                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY QUESTION
Answers to all four questions (Mon-Thu) are to be placed in boxes outside the SRC on Friday before 4pm.
$100 prize for first correct answers drawn.

 

 

For students enrolled in MATHS 300-level

 

 

 

 

Probably a Triangle

 

Three numbers, x, y, z, are chosen randomly on the interval [0,1]. Find the probability that the three lengths represented by these points may serve as the sides of a triangle.

 

(Explain your answer)