Finding the average distance in a polygon Over the previous couple of posts I've looked at the average distance in squares, rectangles and equilateral triangles.  The logical extension to this is to consider a regular polygon with sides 1.   Above is pictured a regular pentagon with sides 1 enclosed in a 2 by 2 square. ... Continue Reading →

Finding the average distance in an equilateral triangle In the previous post I looked at the average distance between 2 points in a rectangle.  In this post I will investigate the average distance between 2 randomly chosen points in an equilateral triangle. Drawing a sketch. The first step is to start with an equilateral triangle... Continue Reading →