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\n" ); document.write( "The length of the road between A and B is 134 km.
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document.write( "Make a sketch.  \r\n" );
document.write( "                           70-36=34\r\n" );
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document.write( "     0             36    36+34/2=53     70                          134\r\n" );
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document.write( "     A             Cafe       M        Service                      B\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cafe is 36 km from A;  Service is 70 km from A;  B is 134 km from A.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The distance from C to S is 70-36=34 km.\r\n" );
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document.write( "M is the mid-point between C and S.  Point M is 36+34/2 = 36+17=53 km from A.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The set of points, where the failure is closer to Service than to Cafe is the interval (MB] \r\n" );
document.write( "of the length of 134 - 53 = 81 km.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that the place of failure is closer To S than to C is the ratio of the length MB\r\n" );
document.write( "to the length of AB\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  =  = 0.6045 = 60.45%.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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