Problem #1: Choose a point uniformly at random in the unit square (square of side length one). Let D be the distance of thepoint chosen to the nearest edge of the square.(a) Compute P{D > 0.2}.(b) Let fp denote the probability density function of D. Evaluate fp(0.31).(c) Calculate E[D].

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Choose a point uniformly at random in the unit square (square of side length one). Let D be the distance of the point chosen to the nearest edge of the square. (a) Compute P{D > 0.2). (b) Let fp denote the probability density function of D. Evaluate fp(0.31). (c) Calculate E[D].