Buffon's Needle Problem
Find the probability 
that a needle of length 
will land on a line, given a floor with equally spaced ParallelLines a distance 
apart.
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Several attempts have been made to experimentally determine
by needle-tossing. For a discussion of the relevantstatistics and a critical analysis of one of the more accurate (and least believable) needle-tossings, see Badger (1994).See also Buffon-Laplace Needle Problem
References
Badger, L. ``Lazzarini's Lucky Approximation of Dörrie, H. ``Buffon's Needle Problem.'' §18 in 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics: Their History and Solutions. New York: Dover, pp. 73-77, 1965. Kraitchik, M. ``The Needle Problem.'' §6.14 in Mathematical Recreations. New York: W. W. Norton, p. 132, 1942. Wegert, E. and Trefethen, L. N. ``From the Buffon Needle Problem to the Kreiss Matrix Theorem.'' Amer. Math. Monthly 101, 132-139, 1994..'' Math. Mag. 67, 83-91, 1994.
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