Consider the traffic light at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Meyran Avenue. The probability of getting a green light on your way home at a given time (you always leave at the same time) is 0.35 and that of yellow light is 0.04. (a)  What is the probability of getting either a green or a yellow light on a randomly chosen day? (b) What is the probability of finding a red light on both Monday and Tuesday? (c)  What is the probability that you don’t encounter red light until Wednesday starting Monday? (d)  What is the probability of getting a green light on Wednesday given you had a red light on Tuesday?

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Consider the traffic light at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Meyran Avenue. The probability
of getting a green light on your way home at a given time (you always leave at the same time) is 0.35 and
that of yellow light is 0.04.

(a)  What is the probability of getting either a green or a yellow light on a randomly chosen
day?

(b) What is the probability of finding a red light on both Monday and Tuesday?

(c)  What is the probability that you don’t encounter red light until Wednesday starting Monday?

(d)  What is the probability of getting a green light on Wednesday given you had a red light on
Tuesday?

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