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Introductory Statistics

Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

$Math Studyset Vaia Explanations$ Math

OER 2018 Edition · 902 pages

ISBN: 9781938168208

Chapter 5: Q.5.5 (page 346)

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

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The probability of the shaded region is $P (6 < x < 7)$ .

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Given in the question that a graph

Solution

Here we are asked to find the probability of the shaded region

So, the shaded region represents the probability as

$P (6 < x < 7)$

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