SOLUTION: A traffic light is red for 25 seconds, yellow for 5 seconds and green for 55 seconds.
What is the probability that when you reach the light the light will be yellow?
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Question 849518: A traffic light is red for 25 seconds, yellow for 5 seconds and green for 55 seconds.
What is the probability that when you reach the light the light will be yellow?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
red for 25
yellow for 5
green for 55
total of 85 seconds
probability of the light being yellow when you reach it, all other things being equal, is 5 / 85.
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