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Problem #313

So Close Yet So Far

A random point is chosen inside a sphere of radius 1 unit centred at a point O. This process is repeated until the chosen point is closer to O than the previous point. Let \mathbf{Ans} = expected number of points chosen.

Report \lfloor \mathbf{Ans}\times 10^5\rfloor.

\lfloor a\rfloor denotes the Greatest Integer Function of a.

Note: Probability of the radius of a point being 'r' is proportional to ' r^2 '.

Contributed by Rudransh Aggarwal

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