A stick of length 1 is broken into two pieces, at a uniformly random break point.   (1) Find the CDF of the length of the smaller piece. (2) What is the average length of the smaller piece? Solve by hand and explain integration. Show calculations and derivatives.

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A stick of length 1 is broken into two pieces, at a uniformly random break point.

 

(1) Find the CDF of the length of the smaller piece.

(2) What is the average length of the smaller piece?

Solve by hand and explain integration. Show calculations and derivatives. 

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