Question: A floor is ruled equally spaced parallel lines. A needle is such that if it's two ends are placed on adjacent lines the angle between

  1. A floor is ruled equally spaced parallel lines. A needle is such that if it's two ends are placed on adjacent lines the angle between the needle and the lines is a, where 0<= a <=/2Calculate the probability that the needle crosses at least one of the lines when tosses at random on the floor: for 1) a=/4; 2) for a general a between 0 and /2.

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