What is the probability that a randomly drawn chord will be longer than the radius of the circle?

Prove it.

(In reply to Different Approach (Continued) by Gordon Steel)

Your statement "Taking the sine function for every degree from 0 to 179, this occurs 119 times out of 180, or some 66.1%" implies that a finite number of chords are examined.

Posted by Brian Smith on 2003-10-13 19:34:14