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A state's weather service provides a continuously running 60-second recorded telephone message about wea conditions throughout the state. If a person calls and gets connected to the message he or she hears the mess at any point in the 60-second run. If a person calls and gets connected, what is the probability, rounded to 4 decimal places, that he or she will hear a. at most 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? b. at least 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? c. at most half of the message before it repeats? d. at least half seconds of the message before it repeats?

A state's weather service provides a continuously running 60-second recorded telephone message about wea conditions throughout the state. If a person calls and gets connected to the message he or she hears the mess at any point in the 60-second run. If a person calls and gets connected, what is the probability, rounded to 4 decimal places, that he or she will hear a. at most 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? b. at least 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? c. at most half of the message before it repeats? d. at least half seconds of the message before it repeats?

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A state's weather service provides a continuously running 60-second recorded telephone message about weather conditions throughout the state. If a person calls and gets connected to the message he or she hears the message at any point in the 60-second run. If a person calls and gets connected, what is the probability, rounded to 4 decimal places, that he or she will hear a. at most 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? b. at least 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? c. at most half of the message before it repeats? d. at least half seconds of the message before it repeats?
Transcribed Image Text:A state's weather service provides a continuously running 60-second recorded telephone message about weather conditions throughout the state. If a person calls and gets connected to the message he or she hears the message at any point in the 60-second run. If a person calls and gets connected, what is the probability, rounded to 4 decimal places, that he or she will hear a. at most 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? b. at least 15 seconds of the message before it repeats? c. at most half of the message before it repeats? d. at least half seconds of the message before it repeats?
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