A Vertex at the Crossing

Difficulty: Medium · Topics: Probability, Probability, Combinations

Points A, B, C lie on line d 1 and points A, D, E, F lie on line d 2.

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One of the triangles formed by these points is chosen at random. What is the probability that A is one of its vertices?