Bertrand's Paradox
Author: Melvin D. Lax
A chord is a straight line whose endpoints are any two points on a circle. What is the probability that a chord of a circle with radius 1 will have a length greater than SQ3? This simple problem can be quite mystifying, not because one cannot find a solution, but because several apparently reasonable solutions can be found, each resulting in a totally different answer!
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