Repeat Problem, but allow the x, y, and z points to cover different ranges. How many points did you need to generate before you became 90% confident that your error was less than 1%?
Problem
A three-dimensional surface is defined by the equation
z2 < -x2 - 2y2 + 16
Find the volume enclosed by this surface using Monte Carlo simulation. For each iteration of the MC simulation, generate three independent, identically distributed, uniform random numbers, ranging from -10 to +10. How many points did you need to generate before you became 90% confident that your error was less than 1%?