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2017 AMC 10A Problem 15

Chloé chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval [0, 2017]. Independently, Laurent chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval [0, 4034]. What is the probability that Laurent's number is greater than Chloé's number?

\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{2}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{3}{4}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{6}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{7}{8}


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