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document.write( "You have a 2 by 2 square with area = 4 units^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have 1/4 of a circle with center at 0,0 and radius = 1;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are = (1/4)pi*1^2 = pi/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(point < 1 unit from (0,0)) = (pi/4)/4 = pi/16 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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