Classic Probability Problem #1: Broken Sticks, Triangles, and Probability

Data Science & Machine Learning Interviews

The following is a classic toy problem in probability theory, and serves as a wonderful technical interview question for Data Science and Machine Learning roles. The question is as follows:

Question: You have a stick of arbitrary length. You break the stick uniformly at random along it’s length at two places, leaving you with three distinct pieces. What is the probability that you can form a triangle with the…