The smart train arrives at a certain station every 20 minutes during peak commute times. We are interested in the length of time a commuter must wait for a smart train to arrive. If commuters arrive at random times before the next train arrival, a person's wait time follows a uniform distribution, they can have no wait time or wait the entire 20 minutes.  A.Find the probabilty that the commuter waits exactly 10 minutes for the train?

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The smart train arrives at a certain station every 20 minutes during peak commute times. We are interested in the length of time a commuter must wait for a smart train to arrive. If commuters arrive at random times before the next train arrival, a person's wait time follows a uniform distribution, they can have no wait time or wait the entire 20 minutes. 

A.Find the probabilty that the commuter waits exactly 10 minutes for the train? 

 

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