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by kilotaras 876 days ago

  > what is the most probable distance between the two points?
  > even if they answered/guessed 1/3
1/3 is not the most probable distance, it's the expected value. The most probable distance does not exist, but PDF(d) is strictly decreasing for (d>0).
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You're right. Thinking back, I think I asked "what's the average distance" not "what's most probable".