At a Great Lakes Nuclear Power Plant, Lake Water Is

question 24

Essay

At a Great Lakes nuclear power plant, lake water is used as part of the cooling system. This raises the temperature of the water that is discharged back into the lake. The amount that the water temperature is raised has a uniform distribution over the interval from 10 to 25º C.
-What is the expected value of the temperature increase?

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