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Geometric Probability Examples and Exercises

- Probability is calculated by taking the length/area of the event space and dividing it by the total length/area of the sample space. - In a line segment between points A and B, the probability of a randomly selected point being between two other points C and D is the length of segment CD divided by the total length AB. - In a square, the probability of a randomly selected point being inside a triangle within the square is 1/2. - In a circle inside a square, the probability of a dart randomly landing in the circle is approximately 0.785.

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Geometric Probability Examples and Exercises

- Probability is calculated by taking the length/area of the event space and dividing it by the total length/area of the sample space. - In a line segment between points A and B, the probability of a randomly selected point being between two other points C and D is the length of segment CD divided by the total length AB. - In a square, the probability of a randomly selected point being inside a triangle within the square is 1/2. - In a circle inside a square, the probability of a dart randomly landing in the circle is approximately 0.785.

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- is a probability which uses lengths of segments or

areas of geometric figures


P(E) = length of segment P(E) = area of the figure
total length total area

Example:
Point on the line segment is chosen at random, what is the
probability that it is between 25 and 35? Ans 2/5
A B C D E F

15 20 25 30 35 40
Example:
ACDE is a square. A side of the square is 10cm long.
B is the midpoint of AC. If a point is chosen at
random in the square, what is the probability that it
lies inside triangle EBD? Ans. 1/2
• A B C

•
• 10

E D
Example:
A circle with a diameter of 30 cm is placed inside a
square whose side is 30-cm long. What is the
probability that a dart thrown will land inside the
circle? Ans. 0.785

• 30
• Extra Exercise:
• A point on AG is chosen at random. What is the
probability that it is on the given segment?

• A B C D E F G
•
• 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

• 1. BC 3. CD
• 2. CF 4. BG
• Find the probability that a point P chosen from AL, is
on the given segment.

A B C D E F G H I J K L

20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75

5. BE 6. CH
7. EG 8. DK
• Find the probability that a point selected randomly in
this figure lies in the shaded region.
• 8 cm

6 cm
• 9. 10. 8 cm

• 11. 15 cm 12. 10 cm

• 15 cm 6 cm
• A dart is thrown at random at the dartboard. The
radius of the bull’s eye is 2cm, the radius of the
unshaded circle is 5cm, and that of the outer circle is
10 cm. Calculate the probability that the dart will hit
the (a) bull’s eye (b) unshaded region

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