The Time That Customers Wait to Be Served at the Delicatessen

question 46

Multiple Choice

The time that customers wait to be served at the delicatessen for a grocery store follows the uniform distribution between 0 and 7 minutes. What is the probability that a randomly selected customer will wait more than 4 minutes at the deli?

• A)0.1429
• B)0.2857
• C)0.5714
• D)0.4286

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