Question

PLEASE HELP ASAP IM REALLY TRING TO FINISH A stick has a length of $5$ units. The stick is then broken at two points, chosen at random. What is the probability that all three resulting pieces are longer than $1$ unit?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.16

Step-by-step explanation:

• Length = 5 units
• Number of broken sticks= 3
• Equal lengths =  5 units/3

See the picture attached for reference.

As you see the best points are the green areas which covers 2 out of 5 zones.

Since it is same for both broken points, the probability of  this is:

• 2/5*2/5 = 4/ 25 = 0.16

Answer is 0.16