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5.2 Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

The amount of time, in minutes, that a person must wait for a bus is uniformly distributed between zero and 15 minutes, inclusive.

b. On the average, how long must a person wait? Find the mean, μ, and the standard deviation, σ.

OpenStax Statistics, 5.2 The Uniform Distribution, exercise 7

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