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5-122.

Sketch square on your paper, then randomly choose a point on and label it . Draw and to form . If a dart is thrown and lands inside the square, what is the probability that it landed inside ? Does it matter where you place X on ?  

How does the area of compare to the area of the square? How do the base and height of the triangle change as the position of changes?

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