The weather in Rochester in December is fairly constant. Records indicate that the low temperature for each day of the month tend to have a uniform 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 30°? answer: (b) What is the probability that the temperature will be between 17° and 30°? answer: (c) What is the expected temperature? answer:

The weather in Rochester in December is fairly constant. Records indicate that the low temperature for each day of the month tend to have a uniform 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 30°? answer: (b) What is the probability that the temperature will be between 17° and 30°? answer: (c) What is the expected temperature? answer:

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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