The Advertised Weight on a Can of Soup Is 10

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Essay

The advertised weight on a can of soup is 10 ounces. The actual weight in the cans follows a uniform distribution and varies between 9.3 and 10.3 ounces.
a.Give the mathematical expression for the probability density function.
b.What is the probability that a can of soup will have between 9.4 and 10.3 ounces?
c.What is the mean weight of a can of soup?
d.What is the standard deviation of the weight?

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