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Buffon's Needle Experiment

This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet simulates Buffon's needle experiment and the corresponding approximation of pi. The event of interest is that the needle crosses a crack. The length of the needle can be varied. The applet illustrates a random experiment, the sample space, random variables, probability, and relative frequency....

Keywords:: Virtual Laboratories, NSDL, Probability, Education, Statistics

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 9, 2017
Author:: Kyle Siegrist
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States