Answer:
a) The probability of selling less than 100 gallons (x≤1) is P=0.16.
b) The mean number of gallons is M=80 gallons.
Step-by-step explanation:
The probability of selling x, in hundred of gallons, on any day during the summer is y(x)=0.32x, in a range for x from [0;2.5].
The probability of selling less than 100 gallons (x≤1) is then:
[tex]P(x\leq1)=\int_0^{100}0.32x\cdot dx\\\\P(x\leq1)=0.16(x_b^2-x_a^2)\\\\P(x\leq1)=0.16(1^2-0^2)=0.16[/tex]
The mean number of gallons can be calculated as:
[tex]M=\int_0^{2.5}(y(x)/x)\cdot dx=\int_0^{2.5}(0.32)\cdot dx\\\\M=0.32(x_b-x_a)=0.32(2.5-0)=0.32*2.5=0.8[/tex]
