US Postal Service Standards Call for Overnight Delivery Within a Zone

question 28

Multiple Choice

U.S. Postal Service standards call for overnight delivery within a zone of about 60 miles for any first-class letter deposited by the last posted collection time. Two-day delivery is promised within a 600-mile zone, and three-day delivery is promised for distances over 600 miles. An accounting firm conducted an independent audit by "seeding" the mail with letters and recording on-time delivery rates for these letters. Suppose that the results of the study were as follows: Use the given information to estimate the probability of an on-time delivery in New York.

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