geometric probability are probability Q related to geometric figures. Example: a game in county fair - u throw a bean bag onto a square board w/ 1 big blue circle n 1 smaller red circle inside the blue circle. u win a small prize if bean bag lands in blue and a big prize if its in red.
assume bean bag always lands on the board, the probablity of winning a small prize=P(bean lands in blue)
=(Area of blue circle - Area of red circle)/Area of square
During a football game, someone drops a ball from a blimp above. it lands within the playing field which is rectangular in shape with 100 yards in middle and 10 yards for end zone at each end.
Prob(ball land in end zone) = length of end zones / total length of field
Since only one person can finish in first place, one in second, etc., the total number of placers is 12x11x10, or 1320 different ways the 12 racers can finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd.... ☺☺☺☺
