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The area of this region is:<br />

Thus, there is an 82% chance that the wait-time is between 0.3 and 4.4 m<strong>in</strong>utes.<br />

5.1.2 Uni<strong>for</strong>m Distribution<br />

Cont<strong>in</strong>uous Uni<strong>for</strong>m Distribution<br />

When the PDF of a random variable is a constant, we call this a uni<strong>for</strong>m distribution. That is,<br />

values of the random variable are uni<strong>for</strong>mly distributed.<br />

The PDF of a random variable, , whose values are <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>terval<br />

is:<br />

( ) {<br />

The expected value of this random variable is:<br />

( )<br />

The variance of this random variable is:<br />

( )<br />

( )<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 164

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