High temperatures in a certain city for the month of August follow a uniform distribution over the interval 62 degrees Upper F to 87 degrees F. What is the probability that a randomly selected August day has a high temperature that exceeded 67 degrees F question mark

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Answer:

[tex] P(X>67)[/tex]

And for this case we can use the cumulative distribution function given by:

[tex] F(x) = \frac{x-a}{b-a} = \frac{x-62}{87-62} , 62 \leq X \leq 87 [/tex]

And for this case we can use the complement rule and the cumulative distribution function and we got:

[tex] P(X>67)= 1-P(X<67) = 1- \frac{67-62}{87-62}= 1-0.2=0.8 [/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case we define the random variable X as "High temperatures in a certain city for the month of August" and the distribution for X is given by:

[tex] X \sim Unif (a=62, b =87)[/tex]

And for this case we want to find this probability:

[tex] P(X>67)[/tex]

And for this case we can use the cumulative distribution function given by:

[tex] F(x) = \frac{x-a}{b-a} = \frac{x-62}{87-62} , 62 \leq X \leq 87 [/tex]

And for this case we can use the complement rule and the cumulative distribution function and we got:

[tex] P(X>67)= 1-P(X<67) = 1- \frac{67-62}{87-62}= 1-0.2=0.8 [/tex]