SOLUTION: The age of children in kindergarten on the first day of school is uniformly distributed between 4.97 and 5.71 years old. A first time kindergarten child is selected at random. Roun

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Question 1199822: The age of children in kindergarten on the first day of school is uniformly distributed between 4.97 and 5.71 years old. A first time kindergarten child is selected at random. Round answers to 4 decimal places if possible.

The mean of this distribution is ________
The standard deviation is __________
What is the probability that the child will be older than 5.5 years old? _______
The probability that the child will be between 5.27 and 5.57 years old is________
If such a child is at the 42nd percentile, how old is that child? _________
years old.
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It is written in any textbook on how to calculate the mean and the standard deviation of a uniform distribution.