The weather in Rochester in December is fairly constant. Records indicate that the low temperature for each day of the month tend to have a uniform distribution over the interval 15° to 35°F. A business man arrives on a randomly selected day in December. (a) What is the probability that the temperature will be above 21°? answer: (b) What is the probability that the temperature will be between 17° and 30°? answer: (c) What is the expected temperature? answer:
The weather in Rochester in December is fairly constant. Records indicate that the low temperature for each day of the month tend to have a uniform distribution over the interval 15° to 35°F. A business man arrives on a randomly selected day in December. (a) What is the probability that the temperature will be above 21°? answer: (b) What is the probability that the temperature will be between 17° and 30°? answer: (c) What is the expected temperature? answer:
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Chapter12: Probability
Section12.4: Discrete Random Variables; Applications To Decision Making
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![` The weather in Rochester in December is
fairly constant. Records indicate that the low
temperature for each day of the month tend to have a
uniform distribution over the interval 15° to 35° F. A
business man arrives on a randomly selected day in
December.
(a) What is the probability that the temperature will be
above 21°?
answer:
(b) What is the probability that the temperature will be
between 17° and 30°?
answer:
(c) What is the expected temperature?
answer:](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb2b4083e-8dd5-4866-91af-c65faba7e7e7%2F29d3a597-e46f-48f2-b938-a99ae25bdc42%2F3peshz_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:` The weather in Rochester in December is
fairly constant. Records indicate that the low
temperature for each day of the month tend to have a
uniform distribution over the interval 15° to 35° F. A
business man arrives on a randomly selected day in
December.
(a) What is the probability that the temperature will be
above 21°?
answer:
(b) What is the probability that the temperature will be
between 17° and 30°?
answer:
(c) What is the expected temperature?
answer:
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