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The weekly output of a steel mill is a uniformly distributed random variable that lies between 110 and 175 metric tons.
a.Compute the probability that the steel mill will produce more than 150 metric tons next week.
b.Determine the probability that the steel mill will produce between 120 and 160 metric tons next week.

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Solves a short problem on uniformly distributed random variable

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For uniform distribution the probability is (d-c)/(b-a)
Where d=Highest point for the range for which we are calculating ...

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