Random numbers and Sides of a Triangle
Probability
Level
3
What is the probability that 3 randomly chosen real numbers between 0 and 1 can form the sides of a triangle? Assume that the random numbers are uniformly distributed over (0,1) and are independent.
The answer is 0.5.
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