document.write( "Question 1174435: Suppose you choose at random a real number X uniformly from the interval [3, 8]. Find the probability that X>6. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "This probability is the ratio of the lengths of two intervals.\r\n" );
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document.write( "One interval is  [6,8]  of the length 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Another interval is [3,8]  of the length 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the answer is  P =  = 0.4 = 40%.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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