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Publication Date: 2013-May
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Why We All Need Call Waiting on Our Phones
Higbie, Jack
Physics Teacher, v51 n5 p309 May 2013
Have you ever noticed that you can go all day without a single call on your phone and then suddenly you get two calls at once? This is actually not as uncommon as it sounds and there is a mathematical reason for why we should expect it to happen, believe it or not.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Probability, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Scientific Concepts
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