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Two numbers between 00 and 11 on a number line are to be chosen at random. What is the probability that the second number chosen will exceed the first number chosen by a distance greater than 14\frac 14 unit on the number line? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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Two numbers between 0 and 1 on a number line are to be chosen at random. What is the probability that the second number chosen will exceed the first number chosen by a distance greater than (1)/(4) unit on the number line? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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Two numbers between $0$ and $1$ on a number line are to be chosen at random. What is the probability that the second number chosen will exceed the first number chosen by a distance greater than $\frac 14$ unit on the number line? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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Counting & Probability

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