Q: Two spies A and B agree to meet at a certain place between 7pm and 8pm to exchange information. They both agree to wait for 5 minutes before they leave. What is the probability that they will meet?
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A: To start off you can imagine the space of time to exist on a straight line. The two spies would meet if they arrive within 5 minutes of each other. If spy A arrives at time \(x\) and spy B arrives at time \(y\) then they would meet if \(|x-y| < 5\). The inequality \(|x-y| < 5\) can be broken down as two equations
$$ x-y \lt 5 \\
y - x \lt 5 $$
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A: To start off you can imagine the space of time to exist on a straight line. The two spies would meet if they arrive within 5 minutes of each other. If spy A arrives at time \(x\) and spy B arrives at time \(y\) then they would meet if \(|x-y| < 5\). The inequality \(|x-y| < 5\) can be broken down as two equations
$$ x-y \lt 5 \\
y - x \lt 5 $$
The area included within the zone PQRS represents an area where the two would meet. The area of the square region is \(55 \times 55 = 3025\). The area of the lower triangle is \(\frac{1}{2}\times 50 \times 50 = 1250\). Thus the sought probability is
$$ P(\text{meet}) = 1 - \frac{1250\times 2}{3025} = 17.35\% $$
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions (Dover Books on Mathematics)
This book is a great compilation that covers quite a bit of puzzles. What I like about these puzzles are that they are all tractable and don't require too much advanced mathematics to solve.
Introduction to Algorithms
This is a book on algorithms, some of them are probabilistic. But the book is a must have for students, job candidates even full time engineers & data scientists
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition
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The Mathematics of Poker
Good read. Overall Poker/Blackjack type card games are a good way to get introduced to probability theory
Bundle of Algorithms in Java, Third Edition, Parts 1-5: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching, and Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pts. 1-5)
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Shoudn't the square region be 60*60?
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