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Buffon's problem
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Buffon's problem [bü′fȯnz ‚präb·ləm]
(statistics)
The problem of calculating the probability that a needle of specified length, dropped at random on a plane ruled with a series of straight lines a specified distance apart, will intersect one of the lines.
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html [an online discussion and simulation of Buffon's Needle experiment] http://mathworld.
[pi]Re-count and recall by Scott, Paul / Australian Mathematics Teacher
Coin and chessboard The coin-and-chessboard problem is easier to solve than Buffon's needle problem but the two have a common feature.
Coin on a chessboard by Turner, Paul / Australian Mathematics Teacher
 
 
 
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