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Cars on the road (Posted on 2004-04-09)

If the probability of observing a car (read: at least one car) in 20 minutes on a highway is 609/625, what is the probability of observing a car (read: at least one) in 5 minutes (assuming constant default probability)?

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One man's Mean is another man's Poisson

| Comment 10 of 22 |

...sorry, I can never resist a good pun. I am sorry to note that nobody picked up on my "cars run over dogs" reference.....

Posted by Penny on 2004-04-09 16:01:24

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