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Fri 2 Apr, 2004 04:09 pm
I have a question I cant figure out myself.
Let us assume we have a plane p and in this plane we have region r and let us assume this region is 16 square inches. If were to choose a point d in plane p what are the chances of it landing in the region r?
I'm not quite sure if it has an answer or not.
This is not a well written question.
Assuming there is an equal chance of point d being the same point as any point in plane p, then the chance of it landing in region a 'r' would be area_of_r / area_of_p.
(If this is the assumption, it should be stated in the poblem.)
However the area of a plane is infinite -- and 16/infinity is undefined.
I am afraid this problem doesn't have an answer.
O yes I was meaning the plane's area was infinite so i guess it has no answer.
Your chances are about zero, because the plane is infinite and R is not, Probability = Area of r / Area of p, or 16 / infinity. So unless r is special - like the origin, and d is also special like biased to be close to the origin you chances are diminishingly small.