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Question 1151954: The waiting time for a bus has a uniform distribution between 0 and 8 minutes. What is the 90th percentile of this distribution? (Recall: The 90th percentile divides the distribution into 2 parts so that 90% of area is to the left of 90th percentile) _______ minutes Answer: (Round answer to one decimal place.
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Divide the given time interval of 8 minutes long in 10 equal parts.


Each part will be 0.8 minutes = 48 seconds long.


Then 90% area is 9 times 48 seconds.


The rest 10% area will be remaining 48 seconds.

That's all.