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Distance from North Pole

Source: Quant Interview

What is the expected distance of any point on Earth and the north pole? Take Earth radius 1.

Clarification: Shortest distance cuts through the sphere, instead of lying on surface.

Further thinking: Is this question same as choosing two random points on unit sphere and asking their expected distance?

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