Obtuse angle is more than right

Random numbers x and y are chosen from the interval [ 0 , 1 ] uniformly such that lengths x, y, and 1 form a triangle. What is the probability that the triangle formed is obtuse?


The answer is 0.57.

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1 solution

Shyam Mohan
Jul 2, 2015

We are essentially looking for P ( x 2 1 y 2 x + y 1 ) P(x^2\ge 1-y^2 \mid x+y \ge 1) ; the conditioning holds since we already know that x , y x, y and 1 1 form a triangle (triangle inequality).

Hence our answer is twice the area of the 2-d region bounded by x + y = 1 x+y=1 and x 2 + y 2 = 1 x^2+y^2=1 in the positive quadrant, which is,

2 0 1 1 y 1 y 2 d x d y = π / 2 1 2\int_0^1 \int_{1-y}^{\sqrt{1-y^2}}\mathrm{d}x\mathrm{d}y=\pi/2-1

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