SOA Exam P Sample Question 237
Study guide: Exam P-1
A car and a bus arrive at a railroad crossing at times independently and uniformly distributed between 7:15 and 7:30. A train arrives at the crossing at 7:20 and halts traffic at the crossing for five minutes.
Calculate the probability that the waiting time of the car or the bus at the crossing exceeds three minutes.
- A) 0.25
- B) 0.27
- C) 0.36
- D) 0.40
- E) 0.56
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