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Geometric Probability: all problems

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Problem 8.2.1

This problem also appears in the book as 8.1.

Alex and Bob decide to meet at the park between 3 and 4 pm. They both will arrive at a random time during the hour but will only wait up to 15 minutes for the other person and then leave the park. What is the probability that they will meet?

Problem 8.2.2

AMC

This problem also appears in the book as 7.6.2.

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon?

Problem 8.2.3

AMC 10

Sonya the frog chooses a point uniformly at random lying within the square [0,6]×[0,6][0, 6] \times [0, 6] in the coordinate plane and hops to that point. She then randomly chooses a distance uniformly at random from [0,1][0, 1] and a direction uniformly at random from north, south, east, west. All the choices are independent. She now hops the distance in the chosen direction. What is the probability that she lands outside the square?

Problem 8.2.4

AMC 10

Real numbers between 0 and 1, inclusive, are chosen in the following manner. A fair coin is flipped. If it lands heads, then it is flipped again and the chosen number is 0 if the second flip is heads, and 1 if the second flip is tails. On the other hand, if the first coin flip is tails, then the number is chosen uniformly at random from the closed interval [0,1][0, 1]. Two random numbers xx and yy are chosen independently in this manner. What is the probability that ∣x−y∣>12|x - y| > \frac12?

Problem 8.2.5

AMC 12

Three real numbers are chosen independently and uniformly at random between 0 and 1. What is the probability that the greatest of these three numbers is greater than 2 times each of the other two numbers? (In other words, if the chosen numbers are a≥b≥ca \ge b \ge c, then a>2ba > 2b.)

Unit cube sliced at z = 1/5; good region: the largest number is more than twice each of the others.

Slice z = t0.20

Good region: the largest number is more than twice each of the others

xyzxyslice z = 0.20011tA
Slice at z = 0.20: find the area of the shaded part.

Slice z = 0.20 of the cube where the largest number is more than twice each of the others.

Problem 8.2.6

AMC 10A

A point PP is chosen at random inside square ABCDABCD. The probability that AP‾\overline{AP} is neither the shortest nor the longest side of △APB\triangle APB can be written as a+bπ−cde\frac{a + b\pi - c\sqrt{d}}{e}, where aa, bb, cc, dd, and ee are positive integers, gcd⁡(a,b,c,e)=1\gcd(a, b, c, e) = 1, and dd is not divisible by the square of a prime. What is a+b+c+d+ea + b + c + d + e?

Problem 8.2.7(additional)

AIME

Two mathematicians take a morning coffee break each day. They arrive at the cafeteria independently, at random times between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., and stay for exactly mm minutes. The probability that either one arrives while the other is in the cafeteria is 40%40\%, and m=a−bcm = a - b\sqrt{c}, where aa, bb, and cc are positive integers, and cc is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a+b+ca + b + c.

Probability as area: shade where arrival times within 12 minutes of each other (they overlap) (Stay m (min) = 12 min).

Stay m (min)12 min
9:009:159:309:4510:009:009:159:309:4510:00Mathematician 1Mathematician 2
Exact value hidden: estimate it with dartsNo darts thrown yet

Shaded where arrival times within 12 minutes of each other (they overlap), Stay m (min) = 12 min. No darts thrown yet.

Problem 8.2.8(additional)

AIME

A circle of radius 1 is randomly placed in a 15-by-36 rectangle ABCDABCD so that the circle lies completely within the rectangle. Given that the probability that the circle will not touch diagonal ACAC is m/nm/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, find m+nm + n.

Probability as area: shade where circle of radius 1 misses the diagonal AC (Circle radius r = 1).

Circle radius r1

Dashed box: where the center can land. Shaded: centers where the circle misses the diagonal.

Exact value hidden: estimate it with dartsNo darts thrown yet

Shaded where circle of radius 1 misses the diagonal AC, Circle radius r = 1. No darts thrown yet.