A man goes to the station every day to catch the first train that comes ?? => man catches the first train that comes after him
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > @Ankul: According to the problem statement, the first train is the one > that arrives at 5:00 a.m. > > Dave > > On Aug 31, 11:26 pm, Ankuj Gupta <ankuj2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I could not get it. What does first train mean here? > > > > On Sep 1, 1:08 am, Don <dondod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > > -- -- Ravi Ramadasu | Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay | rravi...@gmail.com | +919757074652 -- 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.
