Sally takes the same bus to work every morning. Let X = the amount of time (in minutes) that she has to wait for the bus on a randomly selected day. The probability distribution of X can be modeled by a uniform density curve on the interval from 0 minutes to 8 minutes. What is the probability that Sally has to wait between 2 and 5 minutes for the bus? 0.5 0.375 0.25 0.125 0.33

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Sally takes the same bus to work every morning. Let X = the amount of time (in minutes) that she has to wait for the bus on a
randomly selected day. The probability distribution of X can be modeled by a uniform density curve on the interval from 0
minutes to 8 minutes.
What is the probability that Sally has to wait between 2 and 5 minutes for the bus?
0.5
0.375
0.25
0.125
0.33
Transcribed Image Text:Sally takes the same bus to work every morning. Let X = the amount of time (in minutes) that she has to wait for the bus on a randomly selected day. The probability distribution of X can be modeled by a uniform density curve on the interval from 0 minutes to 8 minutes. What is the probability that Sally has to wait between 2 and 5 minutes for the bus? 0.5 0.375 0.25 0.125 0.33
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