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FinnZ [79.3K]
3 years ago
6

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 th

ree resulting pieces are longer than $1$ unit?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Zinaida [17]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

4/25 = 0.16

Step-by-step explanation:

The shortest stick must be between 0 and 5/3.  The probability that it is longer than 1 is therefore:

(5/3 − 1) / (5/3 − 0)

(2/3) / (5/3)

2/5

So the probability that both of the shortest sticks are longer than 1 is (2/5)² = 4/25.

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