Question 432269: 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
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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
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Example of a pattern that "IS" a right triangle: 3,4,5
because 5^2 = 3^2+4^2.
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Example of a pattern that "IS NOT" a right triangle: 2,2,2
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There are 6*6*6 = 216 3-digit patterns when you roll
three dice.
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You have to count the number of such patterns that
satisfy the Pythagorean requirement for a right triangle.
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The probability will be that number divided by 216.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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