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6. Pick a uniformly chosen random point (X, Y ) inside a unit square [0, 1]×[0,...


6. Pick a uniformly chosen random point (X, Y ) inside a unit square [0, 1]×[0, 1], and let M = min(X, Y ). Find the probability that M < 0.3.

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