Let $$X$$ be a Gaussian random variable with mean $$0$$ and variance $${\sigma ^2}$$ . Let $$Y=max(X,0)$$ where $$max(a, b)$$ is the maximum of $$a$$ and $$b$$. The median of $$Y$$ is ___________.

A probability density function on the interval $$\left[ {a,1} \right]$$ is given by $$1/{x^2}$$ and outside this interval the value of the function is zero. The value of $$a$$ is _________.

Suppose you break a stick of unit length at a point chosen uniformaly at random. Then the expected length of the shorter stick is __________________.

Each of the nine words in the sentence "The Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is written on a separate piece of paper. These nine pieces of paper are kept in a box. One of the pieces is drawn at random from the box. The expected length of the word drawn is ______________. (Then answer should be rounded to one decimal place.)