Best of Two Javelin Throws
Alice and Bob each throw a javelin twice, and a competitor's score is the longer of their two throws. Every Alice throw is Exponential(rate 2); every Bob throw is Exponential(rate 1); all four throws are independent. Let be Alice's score and be Bob's.
Compute .
Answer format: round to 3 decimal places.
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