16 Sep
2011
16 Sep
'11
9:32 p.m.
On 9/16/11, Stanley Rabinowitz <stan.rabinowitz@comcast.net> wrote:
... So in the future, it is good to look at scalene triangles when testing hypotheses. Which brings up an interesting question. What is the best triangle to use for a test? What does it mean to be "very scalene"?
Of all triangles, which one is the most scalene (whatever that means)?
Here's a nice rational example: vertices [0,0], [0,12], [15,20]; side lengths {12,17,25} . The side lengths above ascend with ratios roughly 3/2; clearly this ratio must be neither large nor close to unity, so (for test purposes) what might its optimal value be? WFL