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Question 316067: last question on my homework over continuous distribution and my life time has been shortened by this question. please help.
A flight arrives at a random time, uniformly distributed between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Find the probability that the flight arrives
(a) before 6:10
(b) between 6:15 and 6:25
(c) after 6:20
(d) before 6:20
(e) between 6:05 and 6:25
(f) after 6:10
Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this only LOOKS difficult

uniformly distributed means every time has equal probability

so the probability for any segment of time is just the length of the segment divided by the total time (30 min)

example ___ there is a 90% probability that the flight will arrive by 6:27 because 27 is 90% of 30