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Let the stick be a line segment of length 6, and let X and Y be the points where the stick is broken, chosen at random. We want to find the probability that all three resulting pieces are shorter than 2 units. 

First, we can assume without loss of generality that X < Y. Then the three pieces have lengths X, Y-X, and 6-Y. 

For all three pieces to be shorter than 2 units, we need:

- X < 2
- Y - X < 2
- 6 - Y < 2

Simplifying these inequalities, we get:

- X < 2
- Y < X + 2
- Y > 4

We can visualize these inequalities in the following region:

```
      Y
      |\
      | \
      |  \
      |   \
______|____\______ X
      0   6
```

The region above represents all possible pairs of X and Y that result in three pieces shorter than 2 units. The horizontal axis represents the position of X, and the vertical axis represents the position of Y.

The shaded triangle in the region represents the pairs of X and Y that satisfy the three inequalities above. This is a right triangle with base 4 and height 2, so its area is:

(1/2) * 4 * 2 = 4

The total area of the region above is (1/2) * 6 * 6 = 18. So the probability that all three resulting pieces are shorter than 2 units is:

P(X, Y satisfy the inequalities) = Area of the shaded triangle / Total area of the region
                                 = 4 / 18
                                 = 2 / 9

Therefore, the probability that all three resulting pieces are shorter than 2 units is 2/9.

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We can solve this problem using the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion (PIE). 

First, let's find the total number of ways the children can choose their ice cream flavors. Each child has 3 options, so there are 3^6 = 729 possible outcomes.

Next, let's find the number of ways no flavor is selected by exactly two children. To do this, we can use the complement rule and subtract from the total number of outcomes the number of ways all flavors are selected by at most one child. 

There are C(6,0) ways to choose no child for the first flavor, C(5,0) ways to choose no child for the second flavor, and C(4,0) ways to choose no child for the third flavor. So the number of ways all flavors are selected by at most one child is:

C(6,0) * C(5,0) * C(4,0) = 1

Therefore, the number of ways no flavor is selected by exactly two children is:

3^6 - 1 = 728

However, this includes the cases where some flavor is selected by exactly three children or by all six children. We need to subtract these cases to avoid double-counting. 

Let A be the set of outcomes where flavor 1 is selected by exactly three children, and let B and C be the sets of outcomes where flavors 2 and 3, respectively, are selected by exactly three children. We can use the formula for the size of the union of three sets to find the number of outcomes in which some flavor is selected by exactly three children:

|A ∪ B ∪ C| = |A| + |B| + |C| - |A ∩ B| - |A ∩ C| - |B ∩ C| + |A ∩ B ∩ C|

Each of |A|, |B|, and |C| can be found using the following reasoning: There are C(6,3) ways to choose 3 children to select the given flavor, and for each choice, there are 2 options for the remaining 3 children (they can choose either of the other 2 flavors). So:

|A| = C(6,3) * 2^3 = 160
|B| = C(6,3) * 2^3 = 160
|C| = C(6,3) * 2^3 = 160

To find |A ∩ B|, we need to choose 3 children to select flavor 1 and 3 children to select flavor 2, and then the remaining child can select either flavor 1 or flavor 2. So:

|A ∩ B| = C(6,3) * C(3,3) * 2 = 40

Similarly, |A ∩ C| = 40 and |B ∩ C| = 40.

To find |A ∩ B ∩ C|, we need to choose 3 children to select each of the 3 flavors. This can be done in C(6,3) ways:

|A ∩ B ∩ C| = C(6,3) = 20

Substituting these values into the formula for the size of the union of three sets, we get:

|A ∪ B ∪ C| = 160 + 160 + 160 - 40 - 40 - 40 + 20 = 360

Therefore, the number of ways some flavor is selected by exactly two children is:

728 - 360 = 368

So there are 368 ways the children can choose their ice cream flavors so that some flavor of ice cream is selected by exactly two children.

Let's first draw a diagram to visualize the problem:

```
            P
           / \
          /   \
         /     \
        /       \
       /         \
      /           \
     /             \
    Q ------------- R
```

In this diagram, PQR is an equilateral triangle centered at O, and X is a point chosen at random inside the triangle.

To find the probability that X is closer to O than to any of the sides of PQR, we can divide the triangle into three smaller equilateral triangles, each with base equal to one of the sides of PQR. Let A, B, and C be the midpoints of sides PQ, QR, and RP, respectively. Then:

- Triangle OAB: X is closer to O than to side QR if and only if it lies inside equilateral triangle OAB. The distance from X to O is shorter than the distance from X to QR if and only if X lies inside the circle with center O and radius OA. Since OA = 1/2 times the length of a side of PQR, the area of triangle OAB is (1/2)^2 times the area of PQR, or 1/4.
- Triangle OBC: Same as OAB.
- Triangle OCA: Same as OAB.

Therefore, the probability that X is closer to O than to any of the sides of PQR is the sum of the areas of triangles OAB, OBC, and OCA, divided by the area of PQR:

P(X is closer to O than to any side of PQR) = (1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4) / (sqrt(3)/4) = 3/sqrt(3) = sqrt(3)

So the probability that X is closer to O than to any of the sides of PQR is sqrt(3) or approximately 1.732.

Yes, you are correct! If z^n = (z + 1)^n = 1, then we can split it into two equations: z^n = 1 and (z+1)^n = 1. Taking the magnitudes of both sides of these equations, we get:

|z|^n = 1 and |z+1|^n = 1

Since the magnitudes of complex numbers are always non-negative, these equations imply that |z| = 1 and |z+1| = 1. 

Furthermore, since z^n = 1, we know that z must be a root of unity (a complex number of unit magnitude that satisfies z^n = 1). Since |z| = 1, z lies on the unit circle in the complex plane. 

Similarly, since (z+1)^n = 1, we know that z+1 must also be a root of unity. Since |z+1| = 1, z+1 also lies on the unit circle in the complex plane. 

Therefore, we can conclude that |z| = |z+1| = 1, and z and z+1 are both roots of unity lying on the unit circle in the complex plane.

There are four possible outcomes when flipping a fair coin two times: HH, HT, TH, and TT, where H represents heads and T represents tails. Let's consider each of these cases separately:

- HH: In this case, the longest run is 2, since both flips are heads.
- HT: In this case, the longest run is 1, since there is a run of heads of length 1 and a run of tails of length 1.
- TH: Same as HT.
- TT: In this case, the longest run is 2, since both flips are tails.

So the possible lengths of the longest run are 1 and 2. To find the expected length, we can calculate the probability of each outcome and weight it by the length of the corresponding run:

- P(longest run is 1) = P(HT or TH) = 2/4 = 1/2
- P(longest run is 2) = P(HH or TT) = 2/4 = 1/2

So the expected length of the longest run is:

E(longest run) = 1*P(longest run is 1) + 2*P(longest run is 2)
               = 1*(1/2) + 2*(1/2)
               = 1.5

Therefore, the expected length of the longest run when flipping a fair coin two times is 1.5.

Not necessarily. 

If |z|^n = |1|, then we know that |z| = 1 because the absolute value of any complex number raised to a positive power (such as n) is always non-negative. 

However, if |(z+1)|^n = |1|, taking the nth root of both sides only tells us that |z+1|^(1/n) = 1. It does not necessarily imply that |z+1| = 1. 

For example, consider z = -1/2 - i√3/2. We have |z|^n = |1| since |z| = 1, but also |(z+1)|^n = |1| since |z+1| = |1/2 - i√3/2| = 1. However, |z| ≠ 1 and |z+1| ≠ 1. 

So in general, we cannot conclude that |z| = |z+1| = 1 from the given information.

(a) The probability that Valeria has two heads on her first turn is the probability that one of the coins is tails and the other two are heads. There are 3 ways that this can happen: the first coin is tails and the other two are heads, the second coin is tails and the other two are heads, or the third coin is tails and the other two are heads. Each of these three outcomes has probability (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/8. Therefore, the probability that Valeria has two heads on her first turn is 3/8.

(b) The probability that Valeria has three heads on her first turn is (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/8, since each coin has a probability of 1/2 of coming up heads and all three coins are flipped.

(c) The probability that Valeria has two heads after her second turn is the probability that she had one tail and two heads on her first turn, and then flipped the tail on her second turn. There are three ways that she could have had one tail and two heads on her first turn: the first coin was tails and the other two were heads, the second coin was tails and the other two were heads, or the third coin was tails and the other two were heads. In each of these cases, the probability of flipping the tail on the second turn is 1/2. Therefore, the probability that Valeria has two heads after her second turn is 3/8 * 1/2 = 3/16.

(d) The probability that Valeria has one head after her second turn is the probability that she had two tails and one head on her first turn, and then flipped one of the tails on her second turn. There are three ways that she could have had two tails and one head on her first turn: the first coin was heads and the other two were tails, the second coin was heads and the other two were tails, or the third coin was heads and the other two were tails. In each of these cases, the probability of flipping one of the tails on the second turn is 1/2. Therefore, the probability that Valeria has one head after her second turn is 3/8 * 1/2 = 3/16.

(e) The probability that Valeria has one head after her third turn is the probability that she had two tails and one head on her first turn, flipped the head and one of the tails on her second turn, and then flipped the remaining tail on her third turn. There are three ways that she could have had two tails and one head on her first turn, and we can consider each case separately:

- If the first coin was heads and the other two were tails, then the probability of flipping the head and one of the tails on the second turn is 1/2, and the probability of flipping the remaining tail on the third turn is 1/2. Therefore, the probability of this sequence of flips is (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/8.
- If the second coin was heads and the other two were tails, then the probability of flipping the head and one of the tails on the second turn is 1/2, and the probability of flipping the remaining tail on the third turn is 1/2. Therefore, the probability of this sequence of flips is (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/8.
- If the third coin was heads and the other two were tails, then the probability of flipping the head and one of the tails on the second turn is 1/2, and the probability of flipping the remaining tail on the third turn is 1/2. Therefore, the probability of this sequence of flips is (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/8.

Adding up the probabilities for each case, we get a total probability of 3/8 * 1/8 = 3/64.

(f) The probability that Valeria has three heads after her fourth turn is the probability that she had one tail and two heads on her first turn, flipped the tail on her second turn, flipped the two tails on her third turn, and flipped the remaining head on her fourth turn. There is only one way that she could have had one tail and two heads on her first turn, and the probability of this is 3/8. The probability of flipping the tail on the second turn is 1/2. The probability of flipping the two tails on the third turn is 1/4, since there are two tails that need to be flipped and each has a probability of 1/2 of coming up tails. Finally, the probability of flipping the remaining head on the fourth turn is 1/2.

We can begin by applying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to the three pairs of terms under the square roots:

√(a^2 + ab + b^2) * √(a^2 + ac + c^2) ≥ a^2 + ab + ac + c^2
√(a^2 + ab + b^2) * √(b^2 + bc + c^2) ≥ ab + b^2 + bc + c^2
√(a^2 + ac + c^2) * √(b^2 + bc + c^2) ≥ ac + bc + c^2

Adding these three inequalities, we get:

√(a^2 + ab + b^2) + √(a^2 + ac + c^2) + √(b^2 + bc + c^2) ≥ (a^2 + ab + ac + b^2 + bc + c^2 + ac + bc + c^2)^(1/2)

Simplifying the right-hand side, we get:

(a^2 + ab + ac + b^2 + bc + c^2 + ac + bc + c^2)^(1/2) = (a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 2ab + 2ac + 2bc)^(1/2)

Now, we can use the AM-GM inequality on the last three terms inside the square root:

2ab + 2ac + 2bc ≥ 3(2(abacbc)^(1/3)) = 3√(a^2b^2c^2)

Substituting this into the previous equation, we get:

(a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 2ab + 2ac + 2bc)^(1/2) ≥ (a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 3√(a^2b^2c^2))^(1/2)

Now, we can use the AM-QM inequality on a^2, b^2, and c^2:

(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)/3 ≥ (abc)^(2/3)

Substituting this into the previous equation, we get:

(a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 3√(a^2b^2c^2))^(1/2) ≥ (4/3)(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)^(1/2)

Therefore, we have:

√(a^2 + ab + b^2) + √(a^2 + ac + c^2) + √(b^2 + bc + c^2) ≥ (4/3)(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)^(1/2)

Finally, we can use the fact that (a^2 + b^2 + c^2) ≥ ab + ac + bc (which follows from the inequality (a-b)^2 + (b-c)^2 + (c-a)^2 ≥ 0) to get:

(4/3)(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)^(1/2) ≥ (4/3)(ab + ac + bc)^(1/2) ≥ (4/3)(3abc)^(1/2) = 2(abc)^(1/2)

Therefore, we have:

√(a^2 + ab + b^2) + √(a^2 + ac + c^2) + √(b^2 + bc + c^2) ≥ 2(abc)^(1/2) = √(4(ab)(ac)(bc)) = √(3(ab) + 3(ac) + 3(bc))

Dividing both sides by √(ab) + √(ac) + √(bc), we get:

(√(a^2 + ab + b^2) + √(a^2 + ac + c^2) + √(b^2 + bc + c^2))/(√(ab) + √(ac) + √(bc)) ≥ √(3)

Therefore, we have shown that

√(a^2 + ab + b^2) + √(a^2 + ac + c^2) + √(b^2 + bc + c^2) ≥ √(3)(√(ab) + √(ac) + √(bc))

Equality occurs when a, b, and c are equal, or when two of them are equal and the third is zero.

To find the probability that the product of the rolls is 3 or 12, we can first list all the possible outcomes of rolling the die twice and calculate the product of each outcome:

1 × 1 = 1
1 × 2 = 2
1 × 3 = 3
1 × 4 = 4
1 × 5 = 5
1 × 6 = 6
2 × 1 = 2
2 × 2 = 4
2 × 3 = 6
2 × 4 = 8
2 × 5 = 10
2 × 6 = 12
3 × 1 = 3
3 × 2 = 6
3 × 3 = 9
3 × 4 = 12
3 × 5 = 15
3 × 6 = 18
4 × 1 = 4
4 × 2 = 8
4 × 3 = 12
4 × 4 = 16
4 × 5 = 20
4 × 6 = 24
5 × 1 = 5
5 × 2 = 10
5 × 3 = 15
5 × 4 = 20
5 × 5 = 25
5 × 6 = 30
6 × 1 = 6
6 × 2 = 12
6 × 3 = 18
6 × 4 = 24
6 × 5 = 30
6 × 6 = 36

We can see that the only outcomes that have a product of 3 or 12 are:

1 × 3 = 3
3 × 1 = 3
2 × 6 = 12
6 × 2 = 12

Therefore, out of the 36 possible outcomes, there are only 4 outcomes that have a product of 3 or 12. Therefore, the probability of rolling a product of 3 or 12 is:

P(product is 3 or 12) = 4/36 = 1/9

Therefore, the probability that the product of the rolls is 3 or 12 is 1/9 or approximately 0.111.

(a) To place 8 counters in the 4 x 4 grid so that each row contains exactly two counters, we can proceed as follows:

- Choose any two squares in the first row and place counters in them. There are (4 choose 2) = 6 ways to do this.
- Choose any two squares in the second row that do not already have counters and place counters in them. There are (2 choose 2) = 1 way to do this.
- Choose any two squares in the third row that do not already have counters and place counters in them. There are (2 choose 2) = 1 way to do this.
- Place the remaining two counters in the fourth row. There is only one way to do this.

Therefore, the total number of ways to place 8 counters in the 4 x 4 grid so that each row contains exactly two counters is 6 x 1 x 1 x 1 = 6.

(b) To place 12 counters in the 4 x 4 grid so that each column contains exactly three counters, we can proceed as follows:

- Choose any three squares in the first column and place counters in them. There are (4 choose 3) = 4 ways to do this.
- Choose any three squares in the second column that do not already have counters and place counters in them. There are (3 choose 3) = 1 way to do this.
- Choose any three squares in the third column that do not already have counters and place counters in them. There are (2 choose 3) = 0 ways to do this, since there are only two squares left in the third column.
- Place the remaining three counters in the fourth column. There are (3 choose 3) = 1 way to do this.

Therefore, the total number of ways to place 12 counters in the 4 x 4 grid so that each column contains exactly three counters is 4 x 1 x 0 x 1 = 0. There is no way to do this.

If exactly one of the Americans wins a medal, there are two cases: the American wins gold or the American wins either silver or bronze.

Case 1: The American wins gold.

There are ways to choose one of the Americans to win gold and then ways to choose two other skaters to win silver and bronze. Therefore, there are a total of ways to award the medals in this case.

Case 2: The American wins either silver or bronze.

There are ways to choose one of the Americans to win either silver or bronze, ways to choose one of the remaining skaters to win gold, and ways to choose one of the remaining skaters to win the remaining medal (silver or bronze). Therefore, there are a total of ways to award the medals in this case.

Adding the two cases together, we get a total of ways to award the medals with exactly one American winning a medal:

ways = 2 × (7 × 6 × 5) + (3 × 7 × 6) = 510.

Therefore, there are 510 ways to award the medals to three of the skaters if exactly one of the Americans wins a medal.

Since A, B, and D are consecutive vertices of a regular n-gon, we know that angle ABD is (n-2)/n times 180 degrees. Since n is not given, we can just call it "n".

Since C is a vertex of a regular heptagon, we know that angle ACB is (5/7) times 180 degrees. Thus, angle BCD is:

angle BCD = 360 degrees - angle ABD - angle ACB
= 360 degrees - [(n-2)/n] * 180 degrees - (5/7) * 180 degrees
= 360 degrees - [(12n-10)/7n] * 180 degrees

Now, we can use the fact that the sum of the interior angles of an n-gon is (n-2) times 180 degrees to solve for n. Since B, A, and D are consecutive vertices of the n-gon, we know that angle BAD is 360 degrees / n, so we have:

angle ABD = (1/2) * angle BAD = (1/2) * (360 degrees / n) = 180 degrees / n

Therefore, we have:

(n-2) * 180 degrees = n * 180 degrees - 2 * angle ABD
(n-2) * 180 degrees = n * 180 degrees - 2 * (180 degrees / n)
(n-2) * 180 degrees = (n^2 - 2n) * 180 degrees / n
n^3 - 5n^2 + 6n = 0
n(n-2)(n-3) = 0

Since n is the number of sides of a polygon, it must be a positive integer, so we have n = 3 or n = 2. However, n cannot be 2 since we are given that B, A, and D are three consecutive vertices of a regular n-gon, so n must be 3.

Therefore, we have:

angle BCD = 360 degrees - [(12n-10)/7n] * 180 degrees
= 360 degrees - [(12*3-10)/7*3] * 180 degrees
= 360 degrees - (26/21) * 180 degrees
= 360 degrees - 520/7 degrees
= 200/7 degrees

Therefore, angle BCD is approximately 28.57 degrees.

To find the probability that the Bears win the tournament, we need to consider the different ways in which they can win. Since the first team to win three games wins the tournament, there are only two possible scenarios:

1. The Bears win the first three games.
2. The Bears win two games, and then win the third game.

The probability of the first scenario is (0.6)^3 = 0.216, since the probability of winning each game is 0.6 and we're assuming that the Bears win all three games in a row.

The probability of the second scenario can be found by considering the different orders in which the Bears can win two games, and then win the third game. The Bears can win the first two games and then the third game, or they can win the first and third games, or they can win the second and third games. The probability of each of these scenarios is:

- (0.6)^2 x 0.4 = 0.144 (Bears win first two games, then win third game)
- 0.6 x 0.4 x 0.6 = 0.144 (Bears win first and third games, then win second game)
- 0.4 x (0.6)^2 = 0.144 (Bears win second and third games, then win first game)

Therefore, the total probability of the second scenario is 0.144 + 0.144 + 0.144 = 0.432.

Adding the probabilities of the two scenarios, we get:

0.216 + 0.432 = 0.648

Therefore, the probability that the Bears win the tournament is 0.648, or 64.8%.

Since QN is perpendicular to PR, we have PN^2 + NQ^2 = PQ^2 by the Pythagorean theorem. Since N is the midpoint of PR, we have PN = NR = (1/2)PR = 7, and since QN = 12, we have NQ^2 = QM^2 = 144. Therefore, we have:

PQ^2 = PN^2 + NQ^2 = 7^2 + 144 = 193.

Since M is the midpoint of QR, we have QM = MR = (1/2)QR, so we can write:

[QOM] = (1/2)(QM)(ON) = (1/2)(1/2)(QR)(ON) = (1/4)[PQR][ON]/[PR]

Similarly, we have:

[RON] = (1/4)[PQR][OM]/[QR]

Adding these two equations, we get:

[QOM] + [RON] = (1/4)[PQR]([ON]/[PR] + [OM]/[QR])

Now, we can use the fact that O is the intersection of QN and RM, so QNOM and RONM are similar triangles. Therefore, we have:

[ON]/[PR] = [OM]/[QR]

Substituting this into the previous equation, we get:

[QOM] + [RON] = (1/4)[PQR]([ON]/[PR] + [OM]/[QR]) = (1/4)[PQR]([OM]/[QR] + [OM]/[QR]) = (1/2)[PQR][OM]/[QR]

Since O is the intersection of the medians RM and QN, we have:

[OM]/[QR] = 1/3

Therefore, we have:

[QOM] + [RON] = (1/2)[PQR]/3

But [QOM] + [RON] = [QNR] = (1/2)(QN)(NR) = (1/2)(12)(7) = 42, so we can write:

42 = (1/2)[PQR]/3

Therefore, we have:

[PQR] = 84.

Therefore, the area of triangle PQR is 84 square units.

To form a right isosceles triangle, we need to select three points such that two of them lie on one of the grid's horizontal lines and the third lies on a line that is perpendicular to that line and passes through the midpoint of the first two points.

There are 5 horizontal lines and 5 vertical lines we can choose from. Let's consider the cases where the two points are on the first horizontal line:

- If we choose the two points that are closest to each other, they are one unit apart, and there are two points on the second horizontal line that would form a right isosceles triangle with them.
- If we choose two points that are two units apart, there are no points on the second horizontal line that would form a right isosceles triangle with them.
- If we choose two points that are three units apart, there is only one point on the second horizontal line that would form a right isosceles triangle with them.

Therefore, for each horizontal line, we have a total of 2 + 0 + 1 = 3 ways to select two points that are one, two, or three units apart. For each of these pairs of points, there is exactly one point on a vertical line that would form a right isosceles triangle with them. Therefore, the total number of ways to select three points that form a right isosceles triangle is:

5 horizontal lines x 3 ways to choose the pair of points on each line x 1 way to choose the third point on a perpendicular line = 15.

Therefore, there are 15 ways to select three points from the given grid that form a right isosceles triangle.