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The Modern C# Challenge

You're reading from   The Modern C# Challenge Become an expert C# programmer by solving interesting programming problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789535426
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Problems

Use the following problems to test your geometric programming skills. Give each problem a try before you turn to the solutions and download the example programs. If you have trouble with the graphical part, try to implement the non-graphical pieces. Then, you can download the example solutions and replace the key parts of the program with your code.

20. Monte Carlo π

A Monte Carlo algorithm uses randomness to approximate the solution to a problem. Often, using more random samples gives you a more accurate approximated solution or gives a greater probability that the solution is correct.

For this problem, use a Monte Carlo algorithm to approximate π. To do that, generate random points in the square (0 ...

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