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Might Merely Meet (Posted on 2005-06-07)

A boy and a girl agree to meet in the park. Each will show up at a random time between 12:00 and 13:00, and wait for the other person 20 minutes, but not past 13:00.

What is the probability that they will actually meet?

See The Solution Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

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(In reply to re: Solution + Spoiler (Ups...) by ajosin)

ok, then we are in agreement

Posted by Jer on 2005-06-07 19:01:44

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