Conditioning a uniform wait

A wait time XX is uniform on [0,10][0,10] minutes. Given that the wait turned out to be under 88 minutes, what is the probability it was under 33 minutes? (to 4 decimals)

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  1. P(X<3 | X<8) = P(X<3)/P(X<8) since {X<3} ⊂ {X<8}.
  2. For U[0,10] each probability is length/10: (3/10)/(8/10) = 3/8.

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0.375

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