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FIGURE 7.5
Minitab uniform
distribution dialog box
FIGURE 7.6
Minitab output for
Example 7.1
7A1. If x is uniformly distributed between 140 and 180
(a) Compute the value of f(x) for this distribution
(b) Compute the mean and standard deviation of
this distribution
(c) P(x > 170) = ?
(d) P(150 ≤ x ≤ 170) = ?
(e) P(x ≤ 175) = ?
7A2. If x is uniformly distributed over a range 10 to 40
(a) Compute the value of f(x) for this distribution
(b) Compute the mean and standard deviation of
this distribution
(c) P(x > 35) = ?
(d) P(15 ≤ x ≤ 35) = ?
(e) P(x ≤ 37) = ?
7A3. Employees of a pharmaceutical company invest
an ...