13. At the intersection of two remote roads, the vehicles arriving are either cars or trucks. Suppose
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13. At the intersection of two remote roads, the vehicles arriving are either cars or trucks.
Suppose that cars arrive at the intersection at a Poisson rate of λ per minute, and trucks arrive at a Poisson rate of μ per minute. Suppose that the arrivals are independent of each other. If we are given that the next vehicle arriving at this intersection is a car, find the expected value of the time until the next arrival.
Warning: Since cars and trucks arrive at this intersection independently, we might fallaciously think that, given the next arrival is a car, the expected value until the next arrival is 1/λ.
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Fundamentals Of Probability With Stochastic Processes
ISBN: 9780429856273
4th Edition
Authors: Saeed Ghahramani
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