Bertrand’s tartine
A riddle from The Riddler on cutting a square (toast) into two parts and keeping at least 25% of the surface on each part while avoiding Bertrand’s paradox. By defining the random cut as generated by two uniform draws over the periphery of the square. Meaning that ¼ of the draws are on the same side, ½ on adjacent sides and again ¼ on opposite sides. Meaning one has to compute
P(UV>½)= ½(1-log(2))
and
P(½(U+V)∈(¼,¾))= ¾
Resulting in a probability of 0.2642 (checked by simulation)
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