Random pi

Author:Richard Trimble

We scatter randomly placed dots in a square enclosing the unit circle. Count what fraction of dots are inside the circle. Multiply by 4 (area of the square) This estimates the area of the circle

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Graphical solution of ax² + bx + c = k
Graph of y = ax² + bx + c
Math Art Construction
Traffic Cone

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Normal approximations to binomial and Poisson
Mutually Exclusive 1.7
LR4-02-XT1 (Explore y=mx+b)
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