The weather in Rochester in December is fairly constant. Records indicate that the low temperature for each day of the month tend to have auniform distribution over the interval 15° to 35°F. A business man arrives on a randomly selected day in December.(a) What is the probability that the temperature will be above 23° ?answer:(b) What is the probability that the temperature will be between 18° and 27°?answer:(c) What is the expected temperature?answer:

Given : Lower limit = a = 15 upper limit = b = 35

Answered: (a) What is the probability that the…

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