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A line segment of length 5 is broken at two random points along its length. What is the probability that the shortest of the three new segments has length longer than 1?

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 Nov 19, 2016
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Mmm I don't know.  Anybody get any sensible ideas?

 Nov 21, 2016
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Well, this is a type of geometric probability. 

 Dec 2, 2016

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