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Simulations (Buffon Needle Experiment)
- Devised by Comte George-Louis Leclerc de
Buffon.
- A needle of length 1 inch is dropped onto paper
that is ruled with lines 2 inches apart.
- If the needle drops onto a line, we count it as
a hit.
- The quotient tries / hits
approximates pi.
- Our program randomly generates the lower point
of the needle and an angle.
- The upper point of the needle is given by
yhigh = ylow +
sin(angle).
- If yhigh >= 2, we count
the needle as a hit.
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