Paste: dumb method

/*

Developed by Reginald Ford
April 18, 2012

*/

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	static int max_count = 99999999;
	double x;
	double y;
	int num_inside=0;
	
	for(int count = 0; count < max_count ; count++)
	{
		x = rand()/(double)RAND_MAX;
		y = rand()/(double)RAND_MAX;
		if(x * x + y * y <= 1.0)
		{
			num_inside ++;	
		}
	}
	
	cout<<"pi is about "<<(double)4.0 * num_inside / max_count<<endl;
	
}

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