Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsstat!rao From: rao@utcsstat.UUCP (Eli Posner) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: Yet another probability puzzle Message-ID: <1745@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 14:39:12 EST Article-I.D.: utcsstat.1745 Posted: Fri Feb 24 14:39:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 15:53:36 EST References: <703@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada Lines: 14 What is the expected value of the range of N random points on a line from 0 to 1? Easy! N - 1 _____ N + 1 -- Eli Posner {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!utcsstat!rao