Description

Overview:

This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet is a simulation of Bertrand's experiment: a random chord on a circle 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.

Subject:

Statistics and Probability

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Interactive, Simulation

Author:

Kyle Siegrist

Provider:

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Provider Set:

Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics

Date Added:

02/16/2011