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How fast you drive in your commute to campus always varies depending on traffic and weather. The average speed in your commute can be anywhere from 35 to 50 miles per hour (mph), with any speed in that interval being equally likely

a) What is the probability that the average speed in your commute is less than 30 mph.

b) What is the expected average speed when you commute to campus? Interpret this in the context of the problem in a sentence or two.

c) What is the probability that your average speed is between 30 and 40 mph?

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Let X denote the average speed in commute

Then, X~Uniforma=35, b=50

so that:

fx=1b-a=115

 

a) Since X can take values only between 35 mph and 50 mph, 

PX<30=0

b) Expected average speed is:

EX=a+b2=35+502=42.5 mph

This means that on average the speed while commuting to the campus is 42.5 mph when data is collected for a large number of days.

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