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Question 290688: The length of one side of a triangle is 3. The other sides of the triangle are selected at random from the set S. What is the probability that the selected sides form an isosceles?
S = {(3, 4), (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 3), (1, 2), (2, 4)}
a 1/6 b 1/3 c 1/2 d 2/3 e 1
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are three options {3,4; 4,4; and 5,3 }which yield an isosceles triangle out of six
3/6=1/2