A Triangle Using A and L
Difficulty: Medium · Topics: Probability, Probability, Combinations
Line d 1 carries 4 points and the parallel line d 2 carries 5 points. All the different triangles with vertices among these 9 points are formed.
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A triangle is chosen at random from them. What is the probability that two of its vertices are A and L?