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The waiting times between a subway departure schedule and the arrival of a passenger are uniformly distributed between 0 and 6 minutes. Find the probability that a randomly selected passenger has a waiting time 3.25 minutes.

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Main Answer: The probability that a randomly selected passenger has a waiting time greater than 3.25 minutes is 0.59375.

Explaination:

Calculation of the probability:

Since The waiting times between a subway departure schedule and the arrival of a passenger are uniformly distributed between 0 and 8 minutes.

So, here the probability is

= 0.59375

Hence, The probability that a randomly selected passenger has a waiting time greater than 3.25 minutes is 0.59375

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