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Here's a math question I've been thinking about lately.
We have a stick of length one which is broken in one spot (with that spot chosen randomly and uniformly). Of the two broken pieces we take the one on the right and break it into two pieces in the same manner as before.
With our three pieces we then form a triangle. What is the expected value of the triangle's area assuming we can indeed form a triangle?
Anybody have any ideas. Thanks.
We have a stick of length one which is broken in one spot (with that spot chosen randomly and uniformly). Of the two broken pieces we take the one on the right and break it into two pieces in the same manner as before.
With our three pieces we then form a triangle. What is the expected value of the triangle's area assuming we can indeed form a triangle?
Anybody have any ideas. Thanks.