Delta Airlines quotes a flight time of 4 hours, 3 minutes for a particular flight. Suppose we believe that actual flight times are uniformly distributed between 4 hours and 4 hours, 12 minutes. (a)

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Delta Airlines quotes a flight time of 4 hours, 3 minutes for a particular flight. Suppose we believe that actual flight times are uniformly distributed between 4 hours and 4 hours, 12 minutes.
(a)
Show the graph of the probability density function for flight time.
The graph has a shaded area. The horizontal axis is labeled: x with the title: Flight Time in Minutes and has tickmarks labeled: 234, 240, 246, 252. The vertical axis is labeled: f(x), and has tickmarks labeled: 1/12, 1/6, 1/4. The shaded area is the region bounded by the horizontal axis and the following line segments.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 240 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 252 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 12 unit long horizontal line segment begins at the tickmark labeled 240 on the horizontal axis and the tickmark labeled 1/12 on the vertical axis. This line segment connects the two vertical line segments.
 
The graph has a shaded area. The horizontal axis is labeled: x with the title: Flight Time in Minutes and has tickmarks labeled: 234, 240, 246, 252. The vertical axis is labeled: f(x), and has tickmarks labeled: 1/12, 1/6, 1/4. The shaded area is the region bounded by the horizontal axis and the following line segments.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 234 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 246 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 12 unit long horizontal line segment begins at the tickmark labeled 234 on the horizontal axis and the tickmark labeled 1/12 on the vertical axis. This line segment connects the two vertical line segments.
 
The graph has a shaded area. The horizontal axis is labeled: x with the title: Flight Time in Minutes and has tickmarks labeled: 234, 240, 246, 252. The vertical axis is labeled: f(x), and has tickmarks labeled: 1/12, 1/6, 1/4. The shaded area is the region bounded by the horizontal axis and the following line segments.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 234 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 252 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 18 unit long horizontal line segment begins at the tickmark labeled 234 on the horizontal axis and the tickmark labeled 1/12 on the vertical axis. This line segment connects the two vertical line segments.
 
The graph has a shaded area. The horizontal axis is labeled: x with the title: Flight Time in Minutes and has tickmarks labeled: 234, 240, 246, 252. The vertical axis is labeled: f(x), and has tickmarks labeled: 1/12, 1/6, 1/4. The shaded area is the region bounded by the horizontal axis and the following line segments.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 240 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 1/12 unit long vertical line segment begins at 246 on the horizontal axis.
  • A 6 unit long horizontal line segment begins at the tickmark labeled 240 on the horizontal axis and the tickmark labeled 1/12 on the vertical axis. This line segment connects the two vertical line segments.
(b)
What is the probability that the flight will be no more than 3 minutes late?
 
(c)
What is the probability that the flight will be more than 6 minutes late?
 
(d)
What is the expected flight time, in minutes?
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