document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1180520>Question 1180520</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The base of the shaded rectangle is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The height of the rectangle is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the shaded rectangle is  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #810688 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=810688\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The difference between those two values is 13.89.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height of the rectangle is 1/52 or 0.0192, the probability of a birth in a specific week.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The base is from 26.1 to 39.99<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of that is the product of 13.89 (1/52)=0.2671<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rough check--from 26 to 39 weeks is 1/4 of the time or probability 0.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from 26 to 40 weeks is 14/52 or probability 0.2692. </SPAN>\n" );
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