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Hexagon Picking Probability (Posted on 2023-10-25)

You choose a random point, uniformly, within a regular hexagon, with unit side length.

What's the average distance to the six sides?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required average distance is approximately 0.874441697155773.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.
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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	Angel17	2023-11-06 00:44:45
my numerical integration	Charlie	2023-10-26 07:58:07
Emojihub - All Emojis To Copy And Paste	lee	2023-10-26 03:32:41
New solution depends on definition	Larry	2023-10-25 20:19:44
re(2): Computer solution	Larry	2023-10-25 19:33:23
re: Computer solution	Charlie	2023-10-25 15:16:39
Computer solution	Larry	2023-10-25 13:00:12

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