Question

The sky train from the terminal to the rental car and long-term parking center is supposed to arrive every 14 minutes. the waiting times for the train are known to follow a uniform distribution. find the 60th percentile for the waiting times (in minutes).

Answer 1

In statistics, 60th percentile simply means 60% or three-fifths of the whole. So, for this problem, you just have to simply determine the 60% of the waiting time. It is solved as follows:

60th percentile = (0.60)(14 minutes) = 8.4 minutes

The answer is 8.4 minutes.