@Aditya. There are an infinite number of points in that target, too.
But we don't have any trouble saying that 1/4 of them are in the
bullseye.

Dave

On Aug 31, 4:07 pm, Aditya Virmani <[email protected]> wrote:
> @DAVE again u r considering a finite space... in the above case...but how
> wud u take the space in real number thing...with no particular info.... thr
> r infinite real number  frm 1-100...if i cud change the qn to find the
> probability the chosen number is in the range a to a+1 ...thn it cud be
> aptly answered
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> > @AnikKumar: Most people normally wouldn't have difficulty with
> > probabilities on the real numbers. E.g., there is a target with two
> > regions, the bullseye with radius 1 and a concentric region with
> > radius 2. What is the probability of a randomly-thrown dart hitting
> > the bullseye, given that it hits the target? Most people would say
> > that since the area of the bullseye is 1/4 the area of the target, the
> > probability is 1/4. Wouldn't you say that, too?
>
> > Dave
>
> > On Aug 29, 11:15 pm, AnilKumar B <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Agree with Don.
>
> > > But what if we want to find probability of on real line?
>
> > > How we can consider R as sample space?
>
> > > Is that Sample space should be COUNTABLE and FINITE?
>
> > > *By the quadratic formula, a is 2.08712 or 47.9128.
> > > The range is 45.8256.
> > > A falls in the range of 1..100 or 99. So the probability is 47.9128/99*
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *Here you are considering Sample space as length of the interval, right?
> > but
> > > i think it should be cardinal({x/x belongs to Q and x belongs to
> > [1,100]}).*
>
> > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Aditya Virmani <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > +1 Don... nthin is specified fr the nature of numbers if thy can be
> > > > rational or thy hav to be only natural/integral numbers...
>
> > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Don <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > >> First find the endpoints of the region where the condition is met:
>
> > > >> a + 100/a = 50
> > > >> a^2 - 50a + 100 = 0
> > > >> By the quadratic formula, a is 2.08712 or 47.9128.
> > > >> The range is 45.8256.
> > > >> A falls in the range of 1..100 or 99. So the probability is 47.9128/99
> > > >> = 0.48397
>
> > > >> Don
>
> > > >> On Aug 23, 11:56 am, ramya reddy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> > Let 'a' be  a number between 1 and 100. what is the probability of
> > > >> choosing
> > > >> > 'a' such that a+ (100/a) <50
>
> > > >> > --
> > > >> > Regards
> > > >> > Ramya
> > > >> > *
> > > >> > *
> > > >> > *Try to learn something about everything and everything about
> > something*
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