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Suppose $Y$ is distributed uniformly in the open interval $(1,6)$. The probability that the polynomial $3x^2 +6xY+3Y+6$ has only real roots is (rounded off to $1$ decimal...
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Suppose you break a stick of unit length at a point chosen uniformly at random. Then the expected length of the shorter stick is ________ .
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