Rental car transaction times are uniformly distributed between 15 and 35 minutes. a. P( transaction takes less than 20 minutes) b. P(transaction takes more than 29 minutes) c. P( transaction takes between 18 and 30 minutes) d. P(transaction takes exactly 19 minutes) e. What is the mean transaction time? f. Determine the standard deviation.
Continuous Probability Distributions
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Normal Distribution
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Rental car transaction times are uniformly distributed between 15 and 35 minutes.
a. P( transaction takes less than 20 minutes)
b. P(transaction takes more than 29 minutes)
c. P( transaction takes between 18 and 30 minutes)
d. P(transaction takes exactly 19 minutes)
e. What is the mean transaction time?
f. Determine the standard deviation.
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