A manager of an apartment store reports that the time of a customer on the second floor must wait for the elevator has a uniform distribution ranging from 1 to 4 minutes. If it takes the elevator 30 seconds to go from floor to floor, find the probability that a hurried customer can reach the first floor in less than 3.5 minutes after pushing the elevator button on the second floor.

A manager of an apartment store reports that the time of a customer on the second floor must wait for the elevator has a uniform distribution ranging from 1 to 4 minutes. If it takes the elevator 30 seconds to go from floor to floor, find the probability that a hurried customer can reach the first floor in less than 3.5 minutes after pushing the elevator button on the second floor.

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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