On a regular two dimensional coordinate plane, you have a square with side length 1 unit.

Pick a point within the square at random, and from there travel a random but straight direction .5 units.

What is the probability that you end up still within the square?

The required probability is  approximately 0.55694 

Edited on January 22, 2023, 1:09 am

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-02-27 04:30:11