Buffon's Needle

Published 2024-03-16
Suppose we have a floor made of parallel strips of wood, each the same width, and we drop a needle onto the floor. What is the probability that the needle will lie across a line between two strips?
Red needles lie across and yellow ones not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%27s_needle_problem





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