Assuming that the man arrives at a random time during the 24-hour day, there are 228 minutes in the day when the next train will be the harbour line (2 minutes of every 10 for 19 hours). For the other 1212 minutes the main line will be the next train. Therefore, the probability of catching the main line train is 0.841666... Don
On Aug 31, 8:37 am, swetha rahul <swetharahu...@gmail.com> wrote: > In a railway station, there are two trains going. One in the harbour line > and one in the main line, each having a frequency of 10 minutes. The main > line service starts at 5 o'clock and the harbour line starts at 5.02A.M. A > man goes to the station every day to catch the first train that comes.What > is the probability of the man catching the first > train? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
