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  1. June 18th 2009, 07:11 PM #1
    malaygoel
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    Distance

    Show that the average distance between two points that are chosen randomly and uniformly in a sphere of radius 1 is 36/35, about 1.029.

    I got 4/3....road blocked. Please give some ideas.
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  2. June 18th 2009, 07:34 PM #2
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    Average distance between two point in the unit sphere

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