Let us say that a certain bus and me arrived at a bus stop at a random time between 12 pm and 1 pm. If bus arrives, it waits 5 minutes before it departs, while if I arrived, I wait 20 minutes before leaving if the bus doesn't come. What is the probability that I can catch the bus?

Let us say that a certain bus and me arrived at a bus stop at a random time between 12 pm and 1 pm. If bus arrives, it waits 5 minutes before it departs, while if I arrived, I wait 20 minutes before leaving if the bus doesn't come. What is the probability that I can catch the bus?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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