SOLUTION: High temperatures in a certain city for the month of August follow a uniform distribution over the interval 60F to 85F What is the probability that a randomly selected August day

Question 1161654: High temperatures in a certain city for the month of August follow a uniform distribution over the interval 60F to 85F What is the probability that a randomly selected August day has a high temperature that exceeded 65F.
Answer by ikleyn(52931) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Since the temperature of August at this location is UNIFORMLY distributed,


the probability under the question is the length of the interval  (85-65) °F  related to the full scale interval  (85-60) °F


    P =  =  =  = 0.8 = 80%.    ANSWER

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