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    Concentric Circles

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    Concentric circles are circles with a common center. The region between two concentric circles of different radii is called an annulus. Any two circles can be made concentric by inversion by picking the inversion center as one of the limiting points. Given two concentric circles with radii R and 2R, what is the probability that a chord chosen at random from the outer circle will cut across the inner circle? Depending on how the "random" chord is chosen, 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 could all be correct answers. 1. Picking any two points on the outer circle and connecting them gives 1/3.

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