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Take a stick and break it into two pieces, choosing the break point at random from a uniform distribution. What is the probability that the larger piece is no more than 8.9 times as long as the smaller
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Take a stick and break it into two pieces, choosing the break point at random from a uniform distribution. What is the probability that the larger piece is no more than 8.9 times as long as the smaller piece?

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the probability that the larger piece is no more than 8.9 times as long as the smaller piece = 0.7979

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Take a stick and break it into two pieces, choosing the break point at random from-example-1
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