The age of children in kindergarten on the first day of school is uniformly distributed between 4.79 and 5.96 years old. A first time kindergarten child is selected at random. Round answers to 4 decimal places if possible. The mean of this distribution is    The standard deviation is   The probability that the the child will be older than 5 years old?    The probability that the child will be between 4.99 and 5.69 years old is    If such a child is at the 13th percentile, how old is that child?

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The age of children in kindergarten on the first day of school is uniformly distributed between 4.79 and 5.96 years old. A first time kindergarten child is selected at random. Round answers to 4 decimal places if possible.

  1. The mean of this distribution is 
     
  2. The standard deviation is
     
  3. The probability that the the child will be older than 5 years old? 
     
  4. The probability that the child will be between 4.99 and 5.69 years old is 
     
  5. If such a child is at the 13th percentile, how old is that child? 

 

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