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| − | [[User:Clintron|Clint]] took his roommate Shawn to Chic-A-Sea. | + | == Event == |
| + | [[User:Clintron|Clint]] noticed that the point was within a Chic-A-Sea restaurant, so he took his roommate Shawn to dinner. He brought a sign and intended to give it as a gift to the establishment, but the employees were behind protective glass and it would have been difficult to communicate the concept of geohashing, graticules, or just location in general. | ||
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| + | == Probability == | ||
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| + | The probability of a point landing in this particular Chic-A-Sea can be found as follows: | ||
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| + | <center>P = 400 / ( [π × 6,370,000<sup>2</sup> ⁄ 180] · [sin(36+1) - sin(36)] )</center> | ||
| + | This comes out to one in 24,839,727. | ||
[[Image:Chic-A-Sea.JPG|left|thumb|400px|A worried patron of the seafood and fried chicken restaurant]] | [[Image:Chic-A-Sea.JPG|left|thumb|400px|A worried patron of the seafood and fried chicken restaurant]] | ||
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Event
Clint noticed that the point was within a Chic-A-Sea restaurant, so he took his roommate Shawn to dinner. He brought a sign and intended to give it as a gift to the establishment, but the employees were behind protective glass and it would have been difficult to communicate the concept of geohashing, graticules, or just location in general.
Probability
The probability of a point landing in this particular Chic-A-Sea can be found as follows:
This comes out to one in 24,839,727.
