Problem #PRU-65301

Problems Algebra and arithmetic Mean values Geometry Plane geometry Triangles Types of triangles Right-angled triangles Pythagorean theorem and its converse Probability and statistics Statistics

Problem

The length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 3.

a) The Scattered Scientist calculated the dispersion of the lengths of the sides of this triangle and found that it equals 2. Was he wrong in the calculations?

b) What is the smallest standard deviation of the sides that a rectangular triangle can have? What are the lengths of its sides, adjacent to the right angle?