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Exercise

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Show that the probability for a length [math]1[/math] needle to intersect, when thrown, a [math]1[/math]-spaced grid is [math]2/\pi[/math], and then comment on the estimate on

[[math]] \pi=3.1415\ldots [[/math]]

that you obtain in this way.