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Buffon’s Needle and Probability

Birthdays What is the chance that at least two people in this room have the same birthday?

What is Probability?

What is Probability? Probability is a measure or estimation of how likely it is that something will happen

What is Probability? Probability is a measure or estimation of how likely it is that something will happen A = number of outcomes for E N = total number of possible outcomes Probability is always a percentage or fraction

Buffon’s Needle Given a surface with parallel strips, what is the probability that a randomly dropped needle will intersect one of the dividers?

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Buffon’s Needle How could we improve the experiment? http://mste.illinois.edu/reese/buffon/bufjava.html