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Might Merely Meet (Posted on 2005-06-07) Difficulty: 2 of 5
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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Averaged | Comment 10 of 12 |
I just listed the boys arrival times in a column and then figured out the chance they would meet dependent upon the girls arrival times and then averaged them all.
  Posted by john on 2005-06-08 18:23:36
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