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-====== Random Segments in a Square ======+{{ ::randomlength.java |}}====== Random Segments in a Square ======
  
 Pick two random points in a unit square. Find the distance between them.  Do this a few million times to answer the question, "What is the average length of a random segment inside a square?" Pick two random points in a unit square. Find the distance between them.  Do this a few million times to answer the question, "What is the average length of a random segment inside a square?"
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 Get a random number from 0 to ''2*Math.PI'' to be a random angle (in radians, which is what you need in Java.  Then get your x and y coordinates with sine and cosine:  Get a random number from 0 to ''2*Math.PI'' to be a random angle (in radians, which is what you need in Java.  Then get your x and y coordinates with sine and cosine: 
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randomlengths.txt · Last modified: 2021/05/06 13:39 by frchris

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