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Chapter 5: Q.5.4 (page 345)

What does the shaded area represent? P(___< x < ___)

Short Answer

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The shaded region represents the probabilityP(2<x<5).

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01

Given information

Given in the question is a graph

02

Solution

In the question, it is asked to find the probability of the shaded region

So, here the shaded region represent the following probability

=P(2<x<5)

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