What is the probability the competitor takes more than 12 minutes to finish the course? Give your answer to 3 decimal places.

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Please see below. I need to check my answer. I got 5/9 which is 0.5555556 or 0.556
The time required to complete the Uniform Obstacle Course in the Statistics Games is uniformly distributed, ranging
from 8 to 17 minutes. One competitor is selected at random.
What is the probability the competitor takes more than 12 minutes to finish the course?
Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
0.556
Transcribed Image Text:The time required to complete the Uniform Obstacle Course in the Statistics Games is uniformly distributed, ranging from 8 to 17 minutes. One competitor is selected at random. What is the probability the competitor takes more than 12 minutes to finish the course? Give your answer to 3 decimal places. 0.556
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here given,

time taken for complete the uniform obstacle course in the statistics games is uniformly distributed ranging from 8 to 17 minute

b= 17 

a=8

for uniform distribution 

p(xc) =c-ab-a 

 

x= time taken for complete the uniform obstacle course in the statistics games 

 

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