6. The U of A runs two bus lines on campus: red and green. The red line...
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6. The U of A runs two bus lines on campus: red and green. The red line serves north campus and the green line serves south campus with a transfer station linking the two lines.
Green buses arrive randomly (according to a Poisson distribution) at the transfer station every 10 minutes. Red buses also arrive randomly every 7 minutes.
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(a) What is the probability that two buses will stop at the station during a 5-minute interval?
(b) A student whose dormitory is located next to the station has a class in 10 minutes.
Either bus will take the student to the classroom building. The ride takes 5 minutes, after which the student will walk for about 3 minutes to reach the classroom. What is the probability that the student will make it to class on time?
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