Lavon takes a commuter train into the city each day. The train stops at his stop every 30 minutes to let passengers on. His ride to the city is 12 minutes long. If he arrives at the stop at 3:00PM, what is the probability he will get to the city by 3:20PM? (Hint: He needs to be picked up by the train and then travel 12 minutes in a span of 20 minutes. How much time does that leave him to wait to be picked up by the train?)

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Lavon takes a commuter train into the city each day. The train stops at his stop every 30 minutes to let passengers on. His ride to the city is 12 minutes long.

If he arrives at the stop at 3:00PM, what is the probability he will get to the city by 3:20PM?

(Hint: He needs to be picked up by the train and then travel 12 minutes in a span of 20 minutes. How much time does that leave him to wait to be picked up by the train?)

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