SPUG: Stick Riddle

Jeremy Calvert jeremycalvert2000 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 3 00:23:19 CST 2003


> > > ... if A + B = C ...

> > ... the probability of this happening is 0 ...

> Not so. If the first break results in two sticks of
> equal length ...

Is so so:).  The probability of your counter-example
happening is also 0.  Otherwise, what is the
probability that the first break results in two sticks
of equal length?

Such is the counter-intuitive world of infintesimals:)

J

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