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Bertrand's Experiment

This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet is a simulation of Bertrand's experiment: a random chord on a cirle. The event of interest is whether the length of the chord is larger than the length of the inscribed equilateral triangle. Three models for generating the random chord can be used.

Keywords:: Virtual Laboratories, NSDL, Probability, Education, Statistics

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 9, 2017
Author:: Kyle Siegrist
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States