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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!

Rating: 4.0000 (5 votes)

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re(4): Solution + Spoiler (Ups...)

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(In reply to re(3): Solution + Spoiler (Ups...) by ajosin)

I too did what ajosin did,my answer is 5/9.

Posted by Rex on 2005-06-08 12:40:00

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