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pS PROB word problems BUS DRIVERS 11 Sep 2005, 14:41
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:) hello

FROM 4GMAT software ....

A bus driver parks his at a bus depot having 20 PARKING SLOTS during lunch breaks
There are a total of 20 buses parked in the depot including his bus and his bus is not parked at one of the ends . After returning from lunch , he find that there are only 12 buses parked in the lot including his own .What is the probability that the 2 buses parked on either of his bus have left ?

plz explain yours work ..... thanks,



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pS PROB word problems BUS DRIVERS 11 Sep 2005, 17:21
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yaieks... no answer set either... certainly one where some numbers would have helped.

Here's my attempt.

Total Outcomes: Buses that leave can be selected in 19C8 (our hero's bus is still there, so 20-1) ways
Favorable outcomes: My approach here would be... since the requirement is for two buses on either side to have left.. so the three buses were lined up together... so the other 6 buses that left could have left in (20-3)C(8-2) ways or 17C6 ways.
So Probability that the two buses next to our hero's bus left = Probability that 6 other buses apart from these three have left from the remaining buses = 17C6/19C8

Is this correct?



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