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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` 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:
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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