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2017 AMC 10A Problem 15AMC 10 Step by Step
Name:                             Date: September 13, 2026
Geometric Probability · difficulty 2 of 5 · about 3 min · position P11-15

Chloé chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval [0,2017][0, 2017] . Independently, Laurent chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval [0,4034][0, 4034] . What is the probability that Laurent's number is greater than Chloé's number?

  1. A)

    12\frac{1}{2}

  2. B)

    23\frac{2}{3}

  3. C)

    34\frac{3}{4}

  4. D)

    56\frac{5}{6}

  5. E)

    78\frac{7}{8}

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