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Problem 13
A traffic light runs repeatedly through the following cycle: green for 
seconds, then yellow for 
seconds, and then red for seconds. Leah picks a random three-second time interval to watch the light. What is the probability that the color changes while she is watching?
Solution
The traffic light runs through a 
second cycle.
Letting 
reference the moment it turns green, the light changes at three different times: 
, 
, and 
This means that the light will change if the beginning of Leah's interval lies in
![$[27,30]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/e/d/fed247ea7f8c97f0f1ded70f012592db772169a4.png)
, ![$[30,33]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/c/3/ec3d9f67ec329c02168e5579090fe14df62de947.png)
or ![$[60,63]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/8/3/b83cfa74157bcba9f5ccdeaba2515a13d5bb7acd.png)
This gives a total of 
seconds out of
See Also
| 2007 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 12 |
Followed by Problem 14 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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