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China Mathematical Competition

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Problem

Every day at a railway station, there is just one train arriving between am and am and between am and am, respectively. The arrival times and their probabilities for the two trains are shown in the following table:
Arrival timeTrain A
Train B
Probability
Suppose that these random events are independent of each other. Now, a traveler comes into the station at . Then the mathematical expectation of his waiting time is ______ (round to minute).
Solution
The distribution table for the waiting times of the traveler is shown below.
Waiting time/min
Probability
Therefore, the mathematical expectation of his waiting time is
Final answer
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