SOLUTION: high temperatures in a certain city for the of the month of august follow a uniform distribution over the interval 72 degreef to 102 degree f find the high temperature which 90% of

Question 1157689: high temperatures in a certain city for the of the month of august follow a uniform distribution over the interval 72 degreef to 102 degree f find the high temperature which 90% of the august days exceeded
Answer by greenestamps(13208) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The range of high temperatures is 30 degrees, and the distribution is uniform.

So we want the top 90% of that range. 90% of 30 is 27; the top 27 degrees in the range from 72 to 102 is from 75 to 102.

ANSWER: 75 degrees

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