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Re: Math Quiz 9
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Originally Posted by Ether
FWIW
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So the distribution of lengths is Rayleigh. Neat example.
What would the distribution look like if the line segments were contained in a cube (3D) boundary? That one may be easier to visualize using a Monte Carlo simulation.
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