Buffon 's Needle Experiment A horizontal plane is ruled with parallel lines 2 inches

Chapter 4, Problem 34

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Buffon 's Needle Experiment A horizontal plane is ruled with parallel lines 2 inches apart. If a 2-inch needle is tossed randomly onto the plane, the prohahility that the needle will touch a line is P = - sin H dft where is the acute angle between the needle and any one of the parallel lines. Find this probability.

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