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A stick of length $1$ is broken at a point chosen uniformly at random. Which of the following is false?

  1. Twice the length of the smaller piece is greater than the length of the larger piece with positive probability.
  2. One half of the length of the larger piece is greater than the length of smaller piece with positive probability.
  3. The product of the length of the smaller piece and the larger piece is less than $1 / 4$ in expectation.
  4. The ratio of the length of larger piece to the smaller piece is greater than $100$ with positive probability.
  5. The product of the length of the smaller piece and the larger piece is greater than $1 / 4$ with positive probability.
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