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counting and probability junior

Problem

Points , , , and are located on such that . If a point is selected at random on , what is the probability that it is between and ? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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Solution
Since and are located on segment , if , then must take up of line segment . Similarly, since , must take up of line segment . Then, is the remaining segment of and takes up of the total length of . Thus, if we were to choose a random point on segment , there would be a probability that it is between points and .
Final answer
\frac{1}{2}