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		<title>Monte Carlo Generation of Pi</title>
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<pre><span >#include</span><span > </span><span class="hl-quotes">&lt;</span><span class="hl-string">stdio.h</span><span class="hl-quotes">&gt;</span><span ></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span >#include</span><span > </span><span class="hl-quotes">&lt;</span><span class="hl-string">stdlib.h</span><span class="hl-quotes">&gt;</span><span ></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span >#include</span><span > </span><span class="hl-quotes">&lt;</span><span class="hl-string">time.h</span><span class="hl-quotes">&gt;</span><span ></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span >#include</span><span > </span><span class="hl-quotes">&lt;</span><span class="hl-string">math.h</span><span class="hl-quotes">&gt;</span><span ></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span >int</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">main</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-brackets">{</span><span class="hl-code">
    </span><span >int</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">in</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-number">0</span><span class="hl-code">;
    </span><span class="hl-identifier">srand</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">time</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span >NULL</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;

    </span><span class="hl-reserved">for</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span >int</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">i</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-number">0</span><span class="hl-code">; </span><span class="hl-identifier">i</span><span class="hl-code"> &lt; </span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-code">; </span><span class="hl-identifier">i</span><span class="hl-code">++</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">{</span><span class="hl-code">
        </span><span >float</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">x</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">rand</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">%</span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">/</span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-number">.0</span><span class="hl-code">;
        </span><span >float</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">y</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">rand</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">%</span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">/</span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-number">.0</span><span class="hl-code">;
        </span><span >double</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">r</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">sqrt</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">pow</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">x</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-number">2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">+</span><span class="hl-identifier">pow</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">y</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-number">2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
        </span><span class="hl-reserved">if</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">r</span><span class="hl-code"> &lt;= </span><span class="hl-number">1</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">in</span><span class="hl-code">++;
    </span><span class="hl-brackets">}</span><span class="hl-code">
    </span><span class="hl-identifier">printf</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">&quot;</span><span class="hl-string">percent error=%fn</span><span class="hl-quotes">&quot;</span><span class="hl-code">, </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">4</span><span class="hl-code">*</span><span class="hl-identifier">in</span><span class="hl-code">/</span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-number">.0</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">-</span><span class="hl-number">3</span><span class="hl-number">.141592</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">/</span><span class="hl-number">3</span><span class="hl-number">.141592</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">*</span><span class="hl-number">100</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
    </span><span class="hl-identifier">printf</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">&quot;</span><span class="hl-string">pi=%fn</span><span class="hl-quotes">&quot;</span><span class="hl-code">, </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">4</span><span class="hl-code">*</span><span class="hl-identifier">in</span><span class="hl-code">/</span><span class="hl-number">1000000</span><span class="hl-number">.0</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
    </span><span class="hl-reserved">return</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-number">0</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-brackets">}</span></pre>
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