Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
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Chapter 7.3, Problem 23E
The article “Modeling Sediment and Water Column Interactions for Hydrophobic Pollutants” (Water Research [1984]: 1169–1174) suggests the uniform distribution on the interval from 7.5 to 20 as a model for x = depth (in centimeters) of the bioturbation layer in sediment for a certain region.
- a. Draw the density curve for x. (Hint: See Example 7.8)
- b. What is the height of the density curve?
- c. What is the probability that x is at most 12?
- d. What is the probability that x is between 10 and 15?
- e. What is the probability that x is between 12 and 17?
- f. Why are the two probabilities computed in Parts (d) and (e) equal?
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