Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Scrap 12

Answer: 9 minutes.

Solution:
Each path has an equal chance of occurring and if B or D are chosen they will just add 8 or 2 minutes to the time because the rat must restart the maze: 

time = (1/4)×5 + (1/4)×(8 + time) + (1/4)×(3) + (1/4)×(2 + time). 

Time = 9 minutes.

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