Originally Posted by ec_bb
(Answer options are general probability terms of certain...impossible...likely...unlikely...etc.)

What is the probability of getting a busy signal while making a long-distance phone call?

I am completely confused. Are phone numbers more or less prone to busy signals if you're calling from outside a certain area?

What number am I calling here? Is it a government agency without a menu-driven system (not that they exist these days, but say, the IRS on April 14)? Or my sister when she's not home? The probability of a busy signal is very different for those two numbers in those two situations. It is not, as far as I'm aware, dependent on how far away I am from the phone I'm calling.

I am so not overthinking this one.

I think I would just write "Yes" to this question and move on.

Last edited by Val; 10/22/12 07:59 PM. Reason: Clarity