1.) The amount of time an air-conditioning technician to repair a unit is in between 1.9 and 5 hours which is found to be uniformly distributed. Let x be the time needed to fix an A/C unit. b.) Find the probability that a randomly selected A/C unit repair requires less than 3.5 hours?

1.) The amount of time an air-conditioning technician to repair a unit is in between 1.9 and 5 hours which is found to be uniformly distributed. Let x be the time needed to fix an A/C unit. b.) Find the probability that a randomly selected A/C unit repair requires less than 3.5 hours?

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1.) The amount of time an air-conditioning technician to repair a unit is in between 1.9 and 5 hours which is found to be uniformly distributed. Let x be the time needed to fix an A/C unit.

b.) Find the probability that a randomly selected A/C unit repair requires less than 3.5 hours?

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