Why do I always catch Bus B instead of Bus A?
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Each day, I will catch either Bus A or Bus B on my journey home from work. Both take the same route, run every ten minutes, and take the same time to reach my destination. Neither is busier, cheaper or less comfortable, and I have no preference for one over the other.
I finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm. I hustle to the bus stop and jump on whichever bus is there.
And yet 90% of the time, I take Bus B. Why?
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Each day, I will catch either Bus A or Bus B on my journey home from work. Both take the same route, run every ten minutes, and take the same time to reach my destination. Neither is busier, cheaper or less comfortable, and I have no preference for one over the other.
I finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm. I hustle to the bus stop and jump on whichever bus is there.
And yet 90% of the time, I take Bus B. Why?
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If you got the riddle from somewhere else, you're supposed to give attribution.
– Acccumulation
Dec 18 at 21:59
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I drive Bus B and know it is SO much better than Bus A.
– Keeta
Dec 19 at 13:13
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Can confirm Keeta's assertion. I'm Bus B.
– corsiKa
Dec 20 at 3:25
The title says you always catch bus B, but your description says you catch bus B 90% of the time (which is not the same as always).
– Fodder
Dec 20 at 22:18
Surely this puzzle is such an old classic that it has been asked here before? At least, that's what I thought - I've searched, but haven't been able to find anything.
– Jaap Scherphuis
Dec 21 at 14:37
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Each day, I will catch either Bus A or Bus B on my journey home from work. Both take the same route, run every ten minutes, and take the same time to reach my destination. Neither is busier, cheaper or less comfortable, and I have no preference for one over the other.
I finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm. I hustle to the bus stop and jump on whichever bus is there.
And yet 90% of the time, I take Bus B. Why?
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Each day, I will catch either Bus A or Bus B on my journey home from work. Both take the same route, run every ten minutes, and take the same time to reach my destination. Neither is busier, cheaper or less comfortable, and I have no preference for one over the other.
I finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm. I hustle to the bus stop and jump on whichever bus is there.
And yet 90% of the time, I take Bus B. Why?
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If you got the riddle from somewhere else, you're supposed to give attribution.
– Acccumulation
Dec 18 at 21:59
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I drive Bus B and know it is SO much better than Bus A.
– Keeta
Dec 19 at 13:13
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Can confirm Keeta's assertion. I'm Bus B.
– corsiKa
Dec 20 at 3:25
The title says you always catch bus B, but your description says you catch bus B 90% of the time (which is not the same as always).
– Fodder
Dec 20 at 22:18
Surely this puzzle is such an old classic that it has been asked here before? At least, that's what I thought - I've searched, but haven't been able to find anything.
– Jaap Scherphuis
Dec 21 at 14:37
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12
If you got the riddle from somewhere else, you're supposed to give attribution.
– Acccumulation
Dec 18 at 21:59
14
I drive Bus B and know it is SO much better than Bus A.
– Keeta
Dec 19 at 13:13
1
Can confirm Keeta's assertion. I'm Bus B.
– corsiKa
Dec 20 at 3:25
The title says you always catch bus B, but your description says you catch bus B 90% of the time (which is not the same as always).
– Fodder
Dec 20 at 22:18
Surely this puzzle is such an old classic that it has been asked here before? At least, that's what I thought - I've searched, but haven't been able to find anything.
– Jaap Scherphuis
Dec 21 at 14:37
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12
If you got the riddle from somewhere else, you're supposed to give attribution.
– Acccumulation
Dec 18 at 21:59
If you got the riddle from somewhere else, you're supposed to give attribution.
– Acccumulation
Dec 18 at 21:59
14
14
I drive Bus B and know it is SO much better than Bus A.
– Keeta
Dec 19 at 13:13
I drive Bus B and know it is SO much better than Bus A.
– Keeta
Dec 19 at 13:13
1
1
Can confirm Keeta's assertion. I'm Bus B.
– corsiKa
Dec 20 at 3:25
Can confirm Keeta's assertion. I'm Bus B.
– corsiKa
Dec 20 at 3:25
The title says you always catch bus B, but your description says you catch bus B 90% of the time (which is not the same as always).
– Fodder
Dec 20 at 22:18
The title says you always catch bus B, but your description says you catch bus B 90% of the time (which is not the same as always).
– Fodder
Dec 20 at 22:18
Surely this puzzle is such an old classic that it has been asked here before? At least, that's what I thought - I've searched, but haven't been able to find anything.
– Jaap Scherphuis
Dec 21 at 14:37
Surely this puzzle is such an old classic that it has been asked here before? At least, that's what I thought - I've searched, but haven't been able to find anything.
– Jaap Scherphuis
Dec 21 at 14:37
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It's probably due to scheduling.
If Bus A runs on the 0s, and bus B runs on the 9s, then, given a random arrival time at the stop, you have a 1 minute window to catch A, and a 9 minute window to catch B
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What does0s
and9s
mean? I don't understand this answer
– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
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@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
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"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
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@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
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@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
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How about
Bus B has its terminus at your stop so it tends to be sitting there waiting for its scheduled departure
+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
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Is it because
Bus B is a weekday bus and Bus A only runs starting on weekends. If Bus A starts running Friday afternoons, that would mean that Bus A would be caught 10% of the time (Friday evenings) while Bus B is caught the remaining 90% (M-F mornings, M-Th evenings).
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The one thing that's not been mentioned so far:
Everything else in the question discounts there being a difference in the bus or the routes, therefore the difference must be in where you work. Should the two busses have the same route but be different then they are most likely running opposite directions to each other, and you tend to take the stop that is slightly closer to your work: on the same side of the street - but sometimes you'll cross the road and take the bus heading the other direction, either due to traffic (the crossing), or actually seeing it turn up just as you get to the empty stop on this side.
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Maybe although you "finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm",
90% of the time you finish at 4:05, when bus B arrives, and the other 10% of the time you finish at 4:11, when bus A arrives. You didn't preclude an extremely narrow distribution of departure times like this. (Of course, it works equally well for distribution between any two other times in that range.) Unless "different times every day" is meant to literally mean that no leaving time is ever repeated, in which case this solution could be modified to leaving at 4:05:00, 4:05:01, 4:05:02*, ... 90% of the time,
etc.
*Choose a smaller increment to fit, depending on the length of your career.
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I think it's a matter of distance
My guess is that both busses arrive and leave at the same time. It just happens to be that Bus B is closer to your workplace so it's the first one you hop in. In case bus B is fully occupied, you walk over to the next bus.
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They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
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Based on distribution:
Either they are more Bus B than Bus A (9 Bus B but only a single Bus A for example), like a Bus B every 10mn dispatched 1mn apart each, the 9th being a Bus A. The Bus B is likely the general route, and one out of ten bus make a different route after your home and, as such, are labelled A
Based on logic:
If there are 50% probability to get any bus, then you are the driver of Bus A. Thus to go home, you need to walk down your own bus, let the new driver jump in, and wait for the next bus (Bus B). The 10% of the time you take a Bus A is when you have to drive another bus (one day per your 5 days work week, thus 20% of your the times), and then you have 50% of chances to have a Bus A or Bus B.
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It must be
You have no preference on one buss over another but your annoying neighbor that also go to the same way prefers bus A and so you take bus B to avoid him.
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There is another employee in another office who get Bus A 90% Of times. Tho keep balance. This is law of nature.
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My first guess would be
There's no reason, it's just a matter of coincidence. Though if the odds were perfectly distributed you'd ride 50% of the times on each, there's always a chance that you'll ride one more often than the other, whether it's 5% or 50% more times.
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May be Bus A and B is there from home to work.
But from work to home only Bus B is there
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The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
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It's probably due to scheduling.
If Bus A runs on the 0s, and bus B runs on the 9s, then, given a random arrival time at the stop, you have a 1 minute window to catch A, and a 9 minute window to catch B
1
What does0s
and9s
mean? I don't understand this answer
– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
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@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
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"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
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@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
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@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
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It's probably due to scheduling.
If Bus A runs on the 0s, and bus B runs on the 9s, then, given a random arrival time at the stop, you have a 1 minute window to catch A, and a 9 minute window to catch B
1
What does0s
and9s
mean? I don't understand this answer
– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
5
@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
7
"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
9
@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
3
@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
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It's probably due to scheduling.
If Bus A runs on the 0s, and bus B runs on the 9s, then, given a random arrival time at the stop, you have a 1 minute window to catch A, and a 9 minute window to catch B
It's probably due to scheduling.
If Bus A runs on the 0s, and bus B runs on the 9s, then, given a random arrival time at the stop, you have a 1 minute window to catch A, and a 9 minute window to catch B
answered Dec 18 at 15:31
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What does0s
and9s
mean? I don't understand this answer
– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
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@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
7
"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
9
@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
3
@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
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show 10 more comments
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What does0s
and9s
mean? I don't understand this answer
– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
5
@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
7
"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
9
@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
3
@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
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What does
0s
and 9s
mean? I don't understand this answer– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
What does
0s
and 9s
mean? I don't understand this answer– Telokis
Dec 19 at 9:41
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@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
@Telokis it means that, for example, bus A arrives at 12:00, 12:10, and so on, while bus B arrives at 12:09, 12:19, and so on. If you arrive to the stop at a random point of time and take the first bus that arrives, then bus B will be taken 90% of the time.
– votbear
Dec 19 at 9:46
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"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
"Neither is busier" ? In this case BusA should be significantly (9 times busier) if you take into consideration that people arrive at the station uniformly
– Shai Aharoni
Dec 19 at 11:40
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@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
@ShaiAharoni: If the two lines come from different places before they reach the OP's stop, the lopsided scheduling would not yet have caused A to be busier at the point that matters (namely where the OP boards the bus and finds out if he gets a seat or not).
– Henning Makholm
Dec 19 at 14:22
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@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
@shaiaharoni I took that to mean neither was crowded. A bus with 10 people on it isn't crowded enough to make me wait for a bus with 5 people on it. i.e. I can find a seat, and maybe even have an empty seat beside me.
– Chris Cudmore
Dec 19 at 15:58
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How about
Bus B has its terminus at your stop so it tends to be sitting there waiting for its scheduled departure
+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
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How about
Bus B has its terminus at your stop so it tends to be sitting there waiting for its scheduled departure
+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
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How about
Bus B has its terminus at your stop so it tends to be sitting there waiting for its scheduled departure
How about
Bus B has its terminus at your stop so it tends to be sitting there waiting for its scheduled departure
answered Dec 18 at 19:11
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+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
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+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
+1, I think this is pretty much it. The important thing not accounted for is how long the buses remain at the stop, and clearly bus B remains longer at this particular stop. We know they both arrive every 10 minutes, but bus A likely remains at another stop (or both additional stops) for longer. The problem with the 'on the 9's' answer above is that it assumes that one bus will leave when the other arrives, but doesn't account for both buses remaining there waiting for passengers at the same time (which would not result in a 90% use of bus B)
– RhinoWalrus
Dec 21 at 15:25
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Is it because
Bus B is a weekday bus and Bus A only runs starting on weekends. If Bus A starts running Friday afternoons, that would mean that Bus A would be caught 10% of the time (Friday evenings) while Bus B is caught the remaining 90% (M-F mornings, M-Th evenings).
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Is it because
Bus B is a weekday bus and Bus A only runs starting on weekends. If Bus A starts running Friday afternoons, that would mean that Bus A would be caught 10% of the time (Friday evenings) while Bus B is caught the remaining 90% (M-F mornings, M-Th evenings).
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Is it because
Bus B is a weekday bus and Bus A only runs starting on weekends. If Bus A starts running Friday afternoons, that would mean that Bus A would be caught 10% of the time (Friday evenings) while Bus B is caught the remaining 90% (M-F mornings, M-Th evenings).
Is it because
Bus B is a weekday bus and Bus A only runs starting on weekends. If Bus A starts running Friday afternoons, that would mean that Bus A would be caught 10% of the time (Friday evenings) while Bus B is caught the remaining 90% (M-F mornings, M-Th evenings).
answered Dec 19 at 16:10
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The one thing that's not been mentioned so far:
Everything else in the question discounts there being a difference in the bus or the routes, therefore the difference must be in where you work. Should the two busses have the same route but be different then they are most likely running opposite directions to each other, and you tend to take the stop that is slightly closer to your work: on the same side of the street - but sometimes you'll cross the road and take the bus heading the other direction, either due to traffic (the crossing), or actually seeing it turn up just as you get to the empty stop on this side.
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The one thing that's not been mentioned so far:
Everything else in the question discounts there being a difference in the bus or the routes, therefore the difference must be in where you work. Should the two busses have the same route but be different then they are most likely running opposite directions to each other, and you tend to take the stop that is slightly closer to your work: on the same side of the street - but sometimes you'll cross the road and take the bus heading the other direction, either due to traffic (the crossing), or actually seeing it turn up just as you get to the empty stop on this side.
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The one thing that's not been mentioned so far:
Everything else in the question discounts there being a difference in the bus or the routes, therefore the difference must be in where you work. Should the two busses have the same route but be different then they are most likely running opposite directions to each other, and you tend to take the stop that is slightly closer to your work: on the same side of the street - but sometimes you'll cross the road and take the bus heading the other direction, either due to traffic (the crossing), or actually seeing it turn up just as you get to the empty stop on this side.
The one thing that's not been mentioned so far:
Everything else in the question discounts there being a difference in the bus or the routes, therefore the difference must be in where you work. Should the two busses have the same route but be different then they are most likely running opposite directions to each other, and you tend to take the stop that is slightly closer to your work: on the same side of the street - but sometimes you'll cross the road and take the bus heading the other direction, either due to traffic (the crossing), or actually seeing it turn up just as you get to the empty stop on this side.
answered Dec 19 at 14:29
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Maybe although you "finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm",
90% of the time you finish at 4:05, when bus B arrives, and the other 10% of the time you finish at 4:11, when bus A arrives. You didn't preclude an extremely narrow distribution of departure times like this. (Of course, it works equally well for distribution between any two other times in that range.) Unless "different times every day" is meant to literally mean that no leaving time is ever repeated, in which case this solution could be modified to leaving at 4:05:00, 4:05:01, 4:05:02*, ... 90% of the time,
etc.
*Choose a smaller increment to fit, depending on the length of your career.
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Maybe although you "finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm",
90% of the time you finish at 4:05, when bus B arrives, and the other 10% of the time you finish at 4:11, when bus A arrives. You didn't preclude an extremely narrow distribution of departure times like this. (Of course, it works equally well for distribution between any two other times in that range.) Unless "different times every day" is meant to literally mean that no leaving time is ever repeated, in which case this solution could be modified to leaving at 4:05:00, 4:05:01, 4:05:02*, ... 90% of the time,
etc.
*Choose a smaller increment to fit, depending on the length of your career.
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Maybe although you "finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm",
90% of the time you finish at 4:05, when bus B arrives, and the other 10% of the time you finish at 4:11, when bus A arrives. You didn't preclude an extremely narrow distribution of departure times like this. (Of course, it works equally well for distribution between any two other times in that range.) Unless "different times every day" is meant to literally mean that no leaving time is ever repeated, in which case this solution could be modified to leaving at 4:05:00, 4:05:01, 4:05:02*, ... 90% of the time,
etc.
*Choose a smaller increment to fit, depending on the length of your career.
Maybe although you "finish work at different times every day, somewhere between 4-6pm",
90% of the time you finish at 4:05, when bus B arrives, and the other 10% of the time you finish at 4:11, when bus A arrives. You didn't preclude an extremely narrow distribution of departure times like this. (Of course, it works equally well for distribution between any two other times in that range.) Unless "different times every day" is meant to literally mean that no leaving time is ever repeated, in which case this solution could be modified to leaving at 4:05:00, 4:05:01, 4:05:02*, ... 90% of the time,
etc.
*Choose a smaller increment to fit, depending on the length of your career.
answered Dec 19 at 9:24
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I think it's a matter of distance
My guess is that both busses arrive and leave at the same time. It just happens to be that Bus B is closer to your workplace so it's the first one you hop in. In case bus B is fully occupied, you walk over to the next bus.
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They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
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I think it's a matter of distance
My guess is that both busses arrive and leave at the same time. It just happens to be that Bus B is closer to your workplace so it's the first one you hop in. In case bus B is fully occupied, you walk over to the next bus.
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They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
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I think it's a matter of distance
My guess is that both busses arrive and leave at the same time. It just happens to be that Bus B is closer to your workplace so it's the first one you hop in. In case bus B is fully occupied, you walk over to the next bus.
I think it's a matter of distance
My guess is that both busses arrive and leave at the same time. It just happens to be that Bus B is closer to your workplace so it's the first one you hop in. In case bus B is fully occupied, you walk over to the next bus.
edited Dec 19 at 15:30
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They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
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They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
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They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
They both take the same route though...
– Albert Rothman
Dec 20 at 21:17
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Based on distribution:
Either they are more Bus B than Bus A (9 Bus B but only a single Bus A for example), like a Bus B every 10mn dispatched 1mn apart each, the 9th being a Bus A. The Bus B is likely the general route, and one out of ten bus make a different route after your home and, as such, are labelled A
Based on logic:
If there are 50% probability to get any bus, then you are the driver of Bus A. Thus to go home, you need to walk down your own bus, let the new driver jump in, and wait for the next bus (Bus B). The 10% of the time you take a Bus A is when you have to drive another bus (one day per your 5 days work week, thus 20% of your the times), and then you have 50% of chances to have a Bus A or Bus B.
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Based on distribution:
Either they are more Bus B than Bus A (9 Bus B but only a single Bus A for example), like a Bus B every 10mn dispatched 1mn apart each, the 9th being a Bus A. The Bus B is likely the general route, and one out of ten bus make a different route after your home and, as such, are labelled A
Based on logic:
If there are 50% probability to get any bus, then you are the driver of Bus A. Thus to go home, you need to walk down your own bus, let the new driver jump in, and wait for the next bus (Bus B). The 10% of the time you take a Bus A is when you have to drive another bus (one day per your 5 days work week, thus 20% of your the times), and then you have 50% of chances to have a Bus A or Bus B.
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Based on distribution:
Either they are more Bus B than Bus A (9 Bus B but only a single Bus A for example), like a Bus B every 10mn dispatched 1mn apart each, the 9th being a Bus A. The Bus B is likely the general route, and one out of ten bus make a different route after your home and, as such, are labelled A
Based on logic:
If there are 50% probability to get any bus, then you are the driver of Bus A. Thus to go home, you need to walk down your own bus, let the new driver jump in, and wait for the next bus (Bus B). The 10% of the time you take a Bus A is when you have to drive another bus (one day per your 5 days work week, thus 20% of your the times), and then you have 50% of chances to have a Bus A or Bus B.
Based on distribution:
Either they are more Bus B than Bus A (9 Bus B but only a single Bus A for example), like a Bus B every 10mn dispatched 1mn apart each, the 9th being a Bus A. The Bus B is likely the general route, and one out of ten bus make a different route after your home and, as such, are labelled A
Based on logic:
If there are 50% probability to get any bus, then you are the driver of Bus A. Thus to go home, you need to walk down your own bus, let the new driver jump in, and wait for the next bus (Bus B). The 10% of the time you take a Bus A is when you have to drive another bus (one day per your 5 days work week, thus 20% of your the times), and then you have 50% of chances to have a Bus A or Bus B.
answered Dec 19 at 13:10
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It must be
You have no preference on one buss over another but your annoying neighbor that also go to the same way prefers bus A and so you take bus B to avoid him.
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It must be
You have no preference on one buss over another but your annoying neighbor that also go to the same way prefers bus A and so you take bus B to avoid him.
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It must be
You have no preference on one buss over another but your annoying neighbor that also go to the same way prefers bus A and so you take bus B to avoid him.
It must be
You have no preference on one buss over another but your annoying neighbor that also go to the same way prefers bus A and so you take bus B to avoid him.
answered Dec 22 at 13:17
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There is another employee in another office who get Bus A 90% Of times. Tho keep balance. This is law of nature.
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There is another employee in another office who get Bus A 90% Of times. Tho keep balance. This is law of nature.
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There is another employee in another office who get Bus A 90% Of times. Tho keep balance. This is law of nature.
There is another employee in another office who get Bus A 90% Of times. Tho keep balance. This is law of nature.
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My first guess would be
There's no reason, it's just a matter of coincidence. Though if the odds were perfectly distributed you'd ride 50% of the times on each, there's always a chance that you'll ride one more often than the other, whether it's 5% or 50% more times.
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My first guess would be
There's no reason, it's just a matter of coincidence. Though if the odds were perfectly distributed you'd ride 50% of the times on each, there's always a chance that you'll ride one more often than the other, whether it's 5% or 50% more times.
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My first guess would be
There's no reason, it's just a matter of coincidence. Though if the odds were perfectly distributed you'd ride 50% of the times on each, there's always a chance that you'll ride one more often than the other, whether it's 5% or 50% more times.
My first guess would be
There's no reason, it's just a matter of coincidence. Though if the odds were perfectly distributed you'd ride 50% of the times on each, there's always a chance that you'll ride one more often than the other, whether it's 5% or 50% more times.
answered Dec 18 at 15:28
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May be Bus A and B is there from home to work.
But from work to home only Bus B is there
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The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
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Dec 19 at 8:47
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May be Bus A and B is there from home to work.
But from work to home only Bus B is there
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The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
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May be Bus A and B is there from home to work.
But from work to home only Bus B is there
May be Bus A and B is there from home to work.
But from work to home only Bus B is there
edited Dec 19 at 8:47
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The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
– hat
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– rhsquared
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The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
– hat
Dec 19 at 8:29
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– rhsquared
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The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
– hat
Dec 19 at 8:29
The question only speaks about travelling home, so I'm afraid your answer does not provide a solution.
– hat
Dec 19 at 8:29
@jtest Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix.
– rhsquared
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I drive Bus B and know it is SO much better than Bus A.
– Keeta
Dec 19 at 13:13
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Can confirm Keeta's assertion. I'm Bus B.
– corsiKa
Dec 20 at 3:25
The title says you always catch bus B, but your description says you catch bus B 90% of the time (which is not the same as always).
– Fodder
Dec 20 at 22:18
Surely this puzzle is such an old classic that it has been asked here before? At least, that's what I thought - I've searched, but haven't been able to find anything.
– Jaap Scherphuis
Dec 21 at 14:37