Wasifa’s first semester at Habib University has gone pretty well. She has been driving herself to university every single day. However, her car has been cursed by her ex-girlfriend who is a witch named Rolyat. Because of the curse, the probability of her car heating up is 1/5. Wasifa has perceived that if her car heats up then she will reach the university in 20 to 30 minutes and if her car does not heat up then she will reach from 10 to 20 minutes.  a) Wasifa needs help modeling her situation. Come up with a good distribution model that helps illustrate her commute situation b) Wasifa has her first class at 8:00am and she leaves home by 7:40am. What is the probability that she misses her class?  c) Given that Wasifa reaches on time, what is the probability that Rolyat’s curse will take action?

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Wasifa’s first semester at Habib University has gone pretty well. She has been driving herself to university every single day. However, her car has been cursed by her ex-girlfriend who is a witch named Rolyat. Because of the curse, the probability of her car heating up is 1/5. Wasifa has perceived that if her car heats up then she will reach the university in 20 to 30 minutes and if her car does not heat up then she will reach from 10 to 20 minutes. 

a) Wasifa needs help modeling her situation. Come up with a good distribution model that helps illustrate her commute situation

b) Wasifa has her first class at 8:00am and she leaves home by 7:40am. What is the probability that she misses her class? 

c) Given that Wasifa reaches on time, what is the probability that Rolyat’s curse will take action?

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