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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2016 Paper 1 16 b iii Solution by
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The remaining arrivals occur in the next stop phase: , or . B waits until , while A departed at , giving . This interval has length , henceEndpoint assignments do not affect probabilities. The three outcomes are exhaustive and satisfyThese are conditional probabilities for the stated fixed ; there is no additional averaging over A's arrival phase in the question.
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