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Throwing needles (Posted on 2005-01-19) Difficulty: 3 of 5
If I throw 1000 10-centimeter-long needles on to a tiled floor, where each tile is a 10 cm x 30 cm rectangle, approximately how many needles will end up lying across a crack?

You may assume that the widths of both the needles and the cracks are negligible.

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  Subject Author Date
AnswerK Sengupta2008-04-14 16:31:57
re(4): Simulation supportsCharlie2005-01-21 19:45:40
re(3): Simulation supportsHugo2005-01-21 19:35:00
Solutionre(2): Simulation supportsCharlie2005-01-21 16:38:07
re: Simulation supportsHugo2005-01-21 15:20:36
SolutionSimulation supports "second thoughts"Charlie2005-01-21 14:57:14
Solutionre: solution -- second thoughtsCharlie2005-01-20 13:51:09
re: solutionSteve Herman2005-01-20 12:41:42
Some ThoughtssolutionCharlie2005-01-19 14:29:05
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