document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=316067>Question 316067</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> last question on my homework over continuous distribution and my life time has been shortened by this question.  please help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " A flight arrives at a random time, uniformly distributed between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Find the probability that the flight arrives<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a)    before 6:10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b)   between 6:15 and 6:25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c)    after 6:20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d)   before 6:20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(e)    between 6:05 and 6:25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(f)     after 6:10 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "uniformly distributed means every time has equal probability\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the probability for any segment of time is just the length of the segment divided by the total time (30 min)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "example ___ there is a 90% probability that the flight will arrive by 6:27 because 27 is 90% of 30 </SPAN>\n" );
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