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Three people are fishing and each catches fish at rate 2 per hour. how long do we have to wait until everyone has caught at least one fish?

Three people are fishing and each catches fish at rate 2 per hour. how long do we have to wait until everyone has caught at least one fish?
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three people are fishing and each catches fish at rate 2 per hour. how long do we have to wait until everyone has caught at least one fish?

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Our expected waiting time for the last person to catch a fish will be 55 min
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