From stick to triangle
Probability
Level
3
A stick is broken into three segments.
What is the probability that the three segments form a triangle?
The answer is 0.25.
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1 solution
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2014/if-you-break-a-stick-at-two-points-chosen-uniformly-the-probability-the-three-r