kirisutogomen: (Default)
2007-05-16 02:48 pm
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Probability

Chord: a line segment whose endpoints lie on a circle.

We draw a random chord inside a circle of radius 1. What is the probability that the chord's length is greater than the square root of 3?
kirisutogomen: (iti)
2005-03-02 08:11 am
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Homework

OK, this is homework.

Suppose yourself to be participating in the following bizarre contest. You have a choice of three doors. Behind one door is a costly automobile, behind the other two doors are cheap goats. You choose the first door, whereupon the master of ceremonies opens the third door to reveal a goat; he then offers you the opportunity to change your choice of door. Can you calculate the probability that the car lies behind the second door?