A manager of an apartment store reports that the time of a customer on the second floor must wait for the elevator has a uniform distribution ranging from1 to 6 minutes. If it takes the elevator 15 seconds to go from floor to floor, find the probability that a hurried customer can reach the first floor in less than 5.25 minutes after pushing the elevator button on the second floor. answer :

A manager of an apartment store reports that the time of a customer on the second floor must wait for the elevator has a uniform distribution ranging from1 to 6 minutes. If it takes the elevator 15 seconds to go from floor to floor, find the probability that a hurried customer can reach the first floor in less than 5.25 minutes after pushing the elevator button on the second floor. answer :

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