The future lifetime of a newborn is uniformly distributed in the interval (0,120). Using the same model, find the probability that a person age 80 will survive for 5 more years.

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The future lifetime of a newborn is uniformly distributed in the interval (0,120).
Using the same model, find the probability that a person age 80 will survive for 5 more years.
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a
85/120
b
35/120
c
35/40
d
5/40
e
5/35
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