The Time of a Call to a Technical Support Line

question 20

Multiple Choice

The time of a call to a technical support line is uniformly distributed between 2 and 10 minutes.What are the mean and variance of this distribution?

• A) 6 minutes and 2.3094 (minutes)²
• B) 6 minutes and 5.3333 (minutes)²
• C) 6 minutes and 5.3333 minutes
• D) 8 minutes and 2.3094 minutes

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