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Uniform Distibution
The mail arrival time to a department has a uniform distribution over 0 to 60 minutes. What is the probability that the mail arrival time is more than 20 minutes on a given day? Answer: (Round to 2 decimal places.)


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Step-by-step explanation:

Let X be the mail arrival time to a department that follows uniform distribution over 0 to 60 minutes.

The probability function of X is:

f

(

x

)

=

1

60

,

0

<

x

<

60

Now, the probability that the mail arrival time is more than 40 minutes on a given day is calculated below:

P

(

X

>

40

)

=

60

40

1

60

d

x

=

[

x

60

]

60

40

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