Rephrasing A Common Sense Problem to Make It Not Too Easy
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True or false ? For at least one value of k,there is a probability of 0 that the ellipse with semimajor/semiminor radii a and b will intersect the circle with radius r,given that a+b>2r, and k = a+b.
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1 solution
All we need for an intersection is for one of a or b to be less than r, which is always possible.