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Revision as of 12:54, 9 February 2017

Problem

Chloé chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval $[ 0,2017 ]$. Independently, Laurent chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval $[ 0 , 4034 ]$. What is the probability that Laurent's number is greater than Chloe's number?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{2}{3} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{3}{4} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{5}{6} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \dfrac{7}{8}$

Solution

Suppose Laurent's number is in the interval $[ 0, 2017 ]$. Then, by symmetry, the probability of Laurent's number being greater is $\dfrac{1}{2}$. Next, suppose Laurent's number is in the interval $[ 2017, 4034 ]$. Then Laurent's number will be greater with probability $1$. Since each case is equally likely, the probability of Laurent's number being greater is $\dfrac{1 + \frac{1}{2}}{2} = \dfrac{3}{4}$, so the answer is C.

See Also

2017 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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2017 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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Problem 9 		Followed by
Problem 11
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

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