SOLUTION: The waiting times between a subway departure schedule and the arrival of a passenger are uniformly distributed between 0 and 9 minutes. Find the probability that a randomly selecte

Question 1125913: The waiting times between a subway departure schedule and the arrival of a passenger are uniformly distributed between 0 and 9 minutes. Find the probability that a randomly selected passenger has a waiting time greater than 1.25 minutes.
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The probability that a randomly selected passenger has a waiting time greater than 1.25 minutes is 


    P(time > 1.25 minutes) =  = 0.8611  (approximately, with 4 decimal places).

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