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Suppose the time it takes Brian to eat an apple is uniformly distributed between 5 and 10 minutes. Let X = the time, in minutes, it takes Brian to eat an apple.
- What is the distribution of X? X ~ ? B U N (_,_)
Please show the following answers to 4 decimal places.
- What is the
probability that it takes Brian at least 11 minutes to finish the next apple? - What is the probability that it takes Brian more than 5.4 minutes to finish the next apple?
- What is the probability that it takes Brian between 5.1 minutes and 7.3 minutes to finish the next apple?
- What is the probability that it takes Brian fewer than 5.1 minutes or more than 7.3 minutes to finish the next apple?
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