Timeline for Radius of circle to ensure certain probability of encountering at least 1 animal
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| Jul 29 at 19:17 | comment | added | user13317 |
Interestingly, if I use my example above I get roughly the same answer. R code sqrt(-log(1 - 0.1) / (pi * 0.05)). Likely b/c the $\ln(1 - x) \approx -x$ for small $x$.
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| Jul 29 at 19:02 | vote | accept | user13317 | ||
| Jul 29 at 19:02 | comment | added | user13317 | Nice solution and well articulated! Thank you. | |
| Jul 29 at 18:39 | history | answered | whuber♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |