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Mean Distance Two Points (Posted on 2013-06-01)

[1] What is the mean distance between two random points on the perimeter of a unit square?

[2] What is the mean distance between two random points on the interior of a unit square?

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Part 2: Using Excel's RAND() function
Averaged 10,000 times
Then did that 10 times and took the average:

0.521589
agrees with Charlie's randomization and numerical integration results

Posted by Larry on 2013-06-02 12:54:09

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