document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=220381>Question 220381</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The bus you take every morning is equally likely to be anywhere from 2 minutes early to 15 minutes late. What is the probability that the bus is more than five minutes late?  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I put 10/15 and got it wrong. The teacher's response was that the denominator was wrong. How so? Please explain. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #165637 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=165637\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Think of it like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 15-5=10 minutes in the interval from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. Also, from 2 minutes to 15 minutes, there are 13 minutes. So the chances of the bus being more than 5 minutes late is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (since there are 10 instances out of 13 that it could be 5 minutes or more late). It looks like you have the right idea for the numerator, but you just forgot to do the same for the denominator.\r<BR>\n" );
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