SOLUTION: An electric clock is stopped by a power failure. What is the probability that the second hand is stopped between the marks for the 3 and the 4. ( Assume that the second hand moves
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Question 587093: An electric clock is stopped by a power failure. What is the probability that the second hand is stopped between the marks for the 3 and the 4. ( Assume that the second hand moves smoothly around the click, not jumping from mark to mark)
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance between any 2 consecutive numbers on a clock is 1/12 of the circumference.
1/12 the probability that the second hand is stopped between the marks for the 3 and the 4.
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Ed
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