Question

The ages of cars in the staff parking lot of a suburban college are uniformly distributed from 0 to 8 years. a) What is the mean age of cars in the lot

Answer 1

`Mean = 4`

Explanation:

Given

Range = 0 to 8 years

Distribution: Uniform Distribution

Required

Determine the mean

The mean of a uniform distribution is calculated as thus:

`Mean = (a + b)/(2)`

Where a and b are the range of the distribution

In this case:

`b = 8; a = 0`

So, we have:

`Mean = (0 + 8)/(2)`

`Mean = (8)/(2)`

`Mean = 4`