308.Expected Distance Across a Circle
★★★geometric probabilitySIG
Two points are chosen independently and uniformly at random on the circumference of a circle of radius 1. What is the expected straight-line distance between them?
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Only the angle between the two points matters. Fix one point by symmetry and let the other be uniform around the circle, then express the chord in terms of that angle.
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