The screen of a navigational radar station represents a circle of radius a. As a result of noise, a spot may appear with its center at any point of the circle. Find the expectation and variance of the distance between the center of the spot and the center of the circle.

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The screen of a navigational radar station
represents a circle of radius a. As a result
of noise, a spot may appear with its center
at any point of the circle. Find the
expectation and variance of the distance
between the center of the spot and the
center of the circle.
Transcribed Image Text:The screen of a navigational radar station represents a circle of radius a. As a result of noise, a spot may appear with its center at any point of the circle. Find the expectation and variance of the distance between the center of the spot and the center of the circle.
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