27.No Car for Fifteen Minutes
★★★conditional probabilityJane Street
The probability of seeing at least one car during an hour is 544/625. Assuming cars arrive at a constant rate and that disjoint intervals are independent, what is the probability of seeing no car during a 15-minute interval?
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An hour is four independent quarter-hours. Work with the probability of seeing nothing, which multiplies across them.
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