QUESTION 2
(2) Three points are selected randomly on the circumference of a circle. What is the probability that the triangle formed by these three points contains the center of the circle?
I drew this picture in Geogebra. The real thing is interactive and by playing with it I concluded that if all the angles of the triangle are acute then the centre will be included.
Now it is very similar to the first problem only maybe easier.
Let the 3 angles be x, 180-y and y-x
Where y>x and each of thes angles is acute.
\(0 x \qquad (3)\\ x<90\qquad (4)\\ 180-y<90\\ -y<-90\\y>90 \qquad (5)\\ y-x<90\\ y
Here is the Boolean contour map so if y>x then the probability is 1/8
BUT if x>y then you have the inverse of this region. I mean this region reflected over the line y=x
SO
It seems to me that the probability that the centre will be in the triangle is 1/4