Assume the weight of a randomly chosen American passenger car is a uniformly distributed random variable ranging from 1,568 pounds to 4,980 pounds.   (a) What is the mean weight of a randomly chosen vehicle? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)        (b) What is the standard deviation of a randomly chosen vehicle? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)        (c) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh less than 2,034 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

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Assume the weight of a randomly chosen American passenger car is a uniformly distributed random variable ranging from 1,568 pounds to 4,980 pounds.
 
(a) What is the mean weight of a randomly chosen vehicle? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
  

 


 
(b) What is the standard deviation of a randomly chosen vehicle? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  

 


 
(c) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh less than 2,034 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  

 


 
(d) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh more than 4,520 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  

 


 
(e) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh between 2,034 and 4,520 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  

 
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