In a certain experiment, the error made in determining the density of a substance is evenly distributed between -0.0015 and 0.0015. Find the probability that such an error will exceed 0.005 in absolute value,
Continuous Probability Distributions
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Normal Distribution
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Introduction:
Denote X as the random variable representing the error made in determining the density of a substance in the experiment.
Here, X is evenly distributed between –0.0015 and 0.0015.
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