The age of children in kindergarten on the first day of school is uniformly distributed between 4.88 and 5.8 years old. A first time kindergarten child is selected at random. Round answers to 4 decimal places if possible. The probability that the child will be between 5.38 and 5.58 years old is  If such a child is at the 40th percentile, how old is that child?  years old.

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The age of children in kindergarten on the first day of school is uniformly distributed between 4.88 and 5.8 years old. A first time kindergarten child is selected at random. Round answers to 4 decimal places if possible.

  1. The probability that the child will be between 5.38 and 5.58 years old is 
  2. If such a child is at the 40th percentile, how old is that child?  years old.
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