document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=432269>Question 432269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can anyone help please I have no clue on how to do this stuff \"You roll three different-colored dice and use the numbers on the dice to determine the lengths of the sides of a triangle. What is the probability of building a right triangle?\" Please help me have no clue how to do this Thank You </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Example of a pattern that \"IS\" a right triangle: 3,4,5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because 5^2 = 3^2+4^2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Example of a pattern that \"IS NOT\" a right triangle: 2,2,2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 6*6*6 = 216 3-digit patterns when you roll<BR>\n" );
document.write( "three dice.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have to count the number of such patterns that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "satisfy the Pythagorean requirement for a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability will be that number divided by 216.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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