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Suppose that the length of research papers is uniformly distributed from ten to 25 pages. We survey a class in which 55 research papers were turned in to a professor. The 55 research papers are considered a random collection of all papers. We are interested in the average length of the research papers.
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1. Without doing any calculations, do you think that its likely that the professor will need to read a total of more than 1,050 pages? 1w?
j. Calculate the probability that the professor will need to read a total of more than 1.050 pages.
k. Why is it so unlikely that the average length of the papers will be less than 12 pages?
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