Question: Question 7: [4 marks] A point X is selected at random (all points being considered equally likely) on a segment of length L. We note

 Question 7: [4 marks] A point X is selected at random
(all points being considered equally likely) on a segment of length L.

Question 7: [4 marks] A point X is selected at random (all points being considered equally likely) on a segment of length L. We note that this process identies two segments: one to the left of X and one to its right. What is the probability that the length of the shorter segment is no more than a third of the length of the longer segment

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