GOOD one dave and thanks divye for a wonderful explanation On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:44 PM, DK <[email protected]> wrote:
> For those of you who want an explanation of Dave's answer, please refer to > the diagram below. > > | 0.5 in |-----------------| 0.5 in | > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0.5 in > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- > xxxxxx...................xxxxxx | > xxxxxx...................xxxxxx | > xxxxxx...................xxxxxx | > xxxxxx...................xxxxxx | > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0.5 in > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- > > Since the radius of the coin is 0.5 in, if the center of the coin falls in > the x area, it will cross a grid line. > So, probability of the coin not crossing the grid lines is area of dots / > area of square = (1 inch square / 4 inch square) = 1/4 > > -- > DK > > http://www.divye.in > http://twitter.com/divyekapoor > http://gplus.to/divyekapoor > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/algogeeks/-/osMGCscKC70J. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- **Regards SAGAR PAREEK COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING NIT ALLAHABAD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
