SOLUTION: Births are approximately Uniformly distributed between the 52 weeks of the year. They can be said to follow a Uniform distribution from 1 to 53 (a spread of 52 weeks). The distribu

Question 1180520: Births are approximately Uniformly distributed between the 52 weeks of the year. They can be said to follow a Uniform distribution from 1 to 53 (a spread of 52 weeks). The distribution of births is depicted below with a rectangle whose area is 1. The shaded rectangle represents the probability that a randomly selected person will be born between 26.1 weeks and 39.99 weeks. Round answers to 4 decimal places (when possible).
The base of the shaded rectangle is
The height of the rectangle is
The area of the shaded rectangle is
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The difference between those two values is 13.89.
The height of the rectangle is 1/52 or 0.0192, the probability of a birth in a specific week.
The base is from 26.1 to 39.99
The area of that is the product of 13.89 (1/52)=0.2671
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Rough check--from 26 to 39 weeks is 1/4 of the time or probability 0.25
from 26 to 40 weeks is 14/52 or probability 0.2692.
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