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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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Subject	Author	Date
Answer	K Sengupta	2008-12-05 00:14:47
re: is the boy smart? (and the girl too...)	ajosin	2005-06-08 18:35:57
Averaged	john	2005-06-08 18:23:36
is the boy smart?	john	2005-06-08 17:55:53
re(4): Solution + Spoiler (Ups...)	Rex	2005-06-08 12:40:00
maybe it!	ethan	2005-06-08 06:12:22
re(2): Solution + Spoiler (Ups...)	owl	2005-06-07 20:53:30
re(3): Solution + Spoiler (Ups...)	ajosin	2005-06-07 19:20:25
re(2): Solution + Spoiler (Ups...)	Jer	2005-06-07 19:01:44
re: Solution + Spoiler	Jer	2005-06-07 19:01:20
re: Solution + Spoiler (Ups...)	ajosin	2005-06-07 19:00:50
Solution + Spoiler	ajosin	2005-06-07 18:43:06

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