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document.write( "The problem says that the height of waves is UNIFORMULY DISTRIBUTED between the marks 1 ft and 9 ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then they ask \r\n" );
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document.write( "(a)  What is the probability that the waves will less than 2 feet in height ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "        Less than 2 feet means that it is between 1 ft and 2 ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        Comparing the length of this interval [1 ft, 2 ft], which is 2-1 = 1 ft,\r\n" );
document.write( "        with the total possible interval from 1 ft to 9 ft,\r\n" );
document.write( "        we see that the probability is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  In this case, the observation is between 4 ft and 6 ft: the length of the \r\n" );
document.write( "     interval is 6-4 = 2 ft\r\n" );
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document.write( "      Comparing it with the total possible interval from 1 ft to 9 ft, \r\n" );
document.write( "      we see that the probability of such observation is   =  .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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