Statistics

Manage Impatience with Probability

A tool for meeting your impatient friend

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The Problem

Suppose that you and your friend are meeting “around 12:30” at the train station, but you are both loose with your schedule, and also both impatient. You might get there at 12, or at 1, or sometime in between; and you’ll only wait 15 minutes to meet…