Suppose the Average Price of Gasoline for a City in the United

question 111

Multiple Choice

Suppose the average price of gasoline for a city in the United States follows a continuous uniform distribution with a lower bound of $3.50 per gallon and an upper bound of $3.80 per gallon. What is the probability a randomly chosen gas station charges between $3.70 and $3.90 per gallon?

• A) 0.3000
• B) 0.3333
• C) 0.6667
• D) 1.0000

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin

The amount by which the sale of a product or service exceeds its production and selling costs, indicating how much contributes to covering fixed costs and generating profit.

Variable Cost

A cost that varies with the level of output or production, such as materials and labor costs.

Sales Revenue

The total amount of money generated from the sale of goods and services before any costs or expenses are subtracted.

Dominant Inheritance

A pattern of inheritance in which an affected individual has one copy of a mutated gene that dominates the normal gene, leading to the manifestation of a trait or disorder.