Monkeyeatbutt
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In the figure below, each of the 4 circles has a radius of 2.5 feet. If each circle just touches 2 other circles as well as 2 sides of the square, what is the probability (to the nearest whole percent) that a randomly-thrown dart lands inside the square and will land in one of the shaded circles?
The picture is just a white square with 4 circles touching, kinda like this:
But it's bigger, and everything is touching.
I know the math needed to work it out -- I have an example sitting in frount of me. But the example is for a target (they take out the white rings) and they know how big the box is. I'm not sure how to start with out the other info.
The picture is just a white square with 4 circles touching, kinda like this:
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I know the math needed to work it out -- I have an example sitting in frount of me. But the example is for a target (they take out the white rings) and they know how big the box is. I'm not sure how to start with out the other info.