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Demand. The weekly demand for hamburger (in thousands of pounds) for a chain of supermarkets is a continuous random variable with probability density function given by
(A) What is the probability that more than 4,000 pounds of hamburger are demanded?
(B) The manager of the meat department orders 8,000 pounds of hamburger. What is the probability that the demand will not exceed this amount?
(C) The manager wants the probability that the demand does not exceed the amount ordered to be .9. How much hamburger meat should be ordered?

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