Probability

3 tangents are drawn at random to a circle .the odds against the circle being inscribed in triangle formedby them is ________

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

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Двҥїяuρ now in medical c ·

i din understand :(

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

srry .... then..... i completely misunderstood it.......

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karthik singaraju ·

Itz d rite ans

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

are u sure abt d ans?????

the odds against the circle being inscribed in triangle formedby them ...........

read it carefully ..........

srry if i ve misunderstood d question

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karthik singaraju ·

answer is

we can seetangents are touching circle and inscribed b/w 2 triangles.
So odds are 6:2 (or) 3:1

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

byah check ma ans .......... post#4

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Двҥїяuρ now in medical c ·

when 3 tangents are drawn at random to a circle then the probability that any two of then will be parallel tends to zero....

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

see.. its enough to check if d two of d three tangents are parallel or not n find d prob fr dat..

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Двҥїяuρ now in medical c ·

yes the another tangent should be in a specific point (among infine no. of points on the circle) ....just diametrically opposite to the other....so favourable case only one ...sample space infinity...

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ANKIT MAHATO ·

don't u think that there are more chances for the two tangents to be of intersecting type !!

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Двҥїяuρ now in medical c ·

probability of gettin d tangents parallel tends to zero i feel...

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

byah.. confirm ma ans ... post no #4

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The Scorpion ·

sorry riddle... [6]

@ramkumar... most probably ur probability is more probable... [3] [3]

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

find d probability dat i don go wron in dis prob...........................................;-)

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

see riddles post stands useless there above...........

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The Scorpion ·

oops... i'm sorry...!!! :(

deleted d above post, to avoid confusion...!!!

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

For the odds against the circle being inscribed in triangle formedby them is dat two of d tangents drawn must be parallel as scorpion said....

there fore d probability of gettin d tangents parallel be p=1/2

prob fr not gettin it parallel be q=1/2

n=3........

probability dat any two tangents bein parallel=3c2*(1/2)2*(1/2)1

=3/8

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

can it be 3/8?????

i m not sure abt it...

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