The professor of an ISyE class may end the lecture early, on time, or late on any
Question:
The professor of an ISyE class may end the lecture early, on time, or late on any given day. Students have noticed that they can forecast the
probability of ending the class on time based on the ending time of the previous lecture. Experience shows that after ending a lecture early, the Professor tries to make up the time by running late the next class 8 times out of 10, the rest of the time she follows early lectures with on-time lectures (she never follows an early lecture with another early lecture). On the days that classes end on time, students believe that the next class will get out early with a probability of 0.3; otherwise there is equal probability the next class will end on time or late. Following days when the class runs late, 6 out of 10 classes are late again. The Professor never lets the class out early following a late class.
Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics An Applied Introduction
ISBN: 978-0201726343
5th edition
Authors: Ralph P. Grimaldi