a+b 2.75 1 Accessibility StatementFor more information contact us atinfo@libretexts.orgor check out our status page at https://status.libretexts.org. k Uniform Distribution between 1.5 and 4 with an area of 0.30 shaded to the left, representing the shortest 30% of repair times. The time (in minutes) until the next bus departs a major bus depot follows a distribution with f(x) = 1 20. where x goes from 25 to 45 minutes. Find the probability that the time is more than 40 minutes given (or knowing that) it is at least 30 minutes. 1 Sketch the graph of the probability distribution. 1. The probability of waiting more than seven minutes given a person has waited more than four minutes is? A bus arrives at a bus stop every 7 minutes. 15+0 Find the 90thpercentile. What is the probability that the rider waits 8 minutes or less? Example 5.3.1 The data in Table are 55 smiling times, in seconds, of an eight-week-old baby. The sample mean = 11.65 and the sample standard deviation = 6.08. Find the probability that the value of the stock is more than 19. You will wait for at least fifteen minutes before the bus arrives, and then, 2). 2.5 In any 15 minute interval, there should should be a 75% chance (since it is uniform over a 20 minute interval) that at least 1 bus arrives. \(X =\) __________________. b is 12, and it represents the highest value of x. = Commuting to work requiring getting on a bus near home and then transferring to a second bus. What is the theoretical standard deviation? 15 Suppose the time it takes a nine-year old to eat a donut is between 0.5 and 4 minutes, inclusive. Uniform distribution: happens when each of the values within an interval are equally likely to occur, so each value has the exact same probability as the others over the entire interval givenA Uniform distribution may also be referred to as a Rectangular distribution Standard deviation is (a-b)^2/12 = (0-12)^2/12 = (-12^2)/12 = 144/12 = 12 c. Prob (Wait for more than 5 min) = (12-5)/ (12-0) = 7/12 = 0.5833 d. 2 Another simple example is the probability distribution of a coin being flipped. Note: Since 25% of repair times are 3.375 hours or longer, that means that 75% of repair times are 3.375 hours or less. 0.3 = (k 1.5) (0.4); Solve to find k: For this example, x ~ U(0, 23) and f(x) = So, mean is (0+12)/2 = 6 minutes b. \(P(x < k) = (\text{base})(\text{height}) = (k 1.5)(0.4)\) To find f(x): f (x) = then you must include on every digital page view the following attribution: Use the information below to generate a citation. The total duration of baseball games in the major league in the 2011 season is uniformly distributed between 447 hours and 521 hours inclusive. When working out problems that have a uniform distribution, be careful to note if the data is inclusive or exclusive. 2 We will assume that the smiling times, in seconds, follow a uniform distribution between zero and 23 seconds, inclusive. a. A graph of the p.d.f. Buses run every 30 minutes without fail, hence the next bus will come any time during the next 30 minutes with evenly distributed probability (a uniform distribution). That is X U ( 1, 12). obtained by subtracting four from both sides: \(k = 3.375\) (d) The variance of waiting time is . The probability that a nine-year old child eats a donut in more than two minutes given that the child has already been eating the donut for more than 1.5 minutes is \(\frac{4}{5}\). For the second way, use the conditional formula from Probability Topics with the original distribution X ~ U (0, 23): P(A|B) = McDougall, John A. 11 P(x > k) = 0.25 (In other words: find the minimum time for the longest 25% of repair times.) P(X > 19) = (25 19) \(\left(\frac{1}{9}\right)\) Uniform Distribution. 5 It would not be described as uniform probability. Waiting time for the bus is uniformly distributed between [0,7] (in minutes) and a person will use the bus 145 times per year. 2 The notation for the uniform distribution is. The mean of \(X\) is \(\mu = \frac{a+b}{2}\). obtained by subtracting four from both sides: k = 3.375 If you are waiting for a train, you have anywhere from zero minutes to ten minutes to wait. The data that follow are the square footage (in 1,000 feet squared) of 28 homes. View full document See Page 1 1 / 1 point This module describes the properties of the Uniform Distribution which describes a set of data for which all aluesv have an equal probabilit.y Example 1 . This is because of the even spacing between any two arrivals. The data that follow record the total weight, to the nearest pound, of fish caught by passengers on 35 different charter fishing boats on one summer day. Find the probability that the truck drivers goes between 400 and 650 miles in a day. = P (x < k) = 0.30 The sample mean = 7.9 and the sample standard deviation = 4.33. A continuous probability distribution is a Uniform distribution and is related to the events which are equally likely to occur. Write the probability density function. for 0 x 15. Sketch and label a graph of the distribution. In this case, each of the six numbers has an equal chance of appearing. The probability a person waits less than 12.5 minutes is 0.8333. b. It can provide a probability distribution that can guide the business on how to properly allocate the inventory for the best use of square footage. According to a study by Dr. John McDougall of his live-in weight loss program at St. Helena Hospital, the people who follow his program lose between six and 15 pounds a month until they approach trim body weight. Sketch the graph, and shade the area of interest. \(P(2 < x < 18) = (\text{base})(\text{height}) = (18 2)\left(\frac{1}{23}\right) = \left(\frac{16}{23}\right)\). 2 A good example of a continuous uniform distribution is an idealized random number generator. The graph illustrates the new sample space. The probability \(P(c < X < d)\) may be found by computing the area under \(f(x)\), between \(c\) and \(d\). The longest 25% of furnace repairs take at least 3.375 hours (3.375 hours or longer). The sample mean = 11.49 and the sample standard deviation = 6.23. To find f(x): f (x) = \(\frac{1}{4\text{}-\text{}1.5}\) = \(\frac{1}{2.5}\) so f(x) = 0.4, P(x > 2) = (base)(height) = (4 2)(0.4) = 0.8, b. P(x < 3) = (base)(height) = (3 1.5)(0.4) = 0.6. Second way: Draw the original graph for \(X \sim U(0.5, 4)\). If a random variable X follows a uniform distribution, then the probability that X takes on a value between x1 and x2 can be found by the following formula: For example, suppose the weight of dolphins is uniformly distributed between 100 pounds and 150 pounds. The shuttle bus arrives at his stop every 15 minutes but the actual arrival time at the stop is random. The probability that a nine-year old child eats a donut in more than two minutes given that the child has already been eating the donut for more than 1.5 minutes is 4545. 2 The waiting time for a bus has a uniform distribution between 0 and 10 minutes. )( We will assume that the smiling times, in seconds, follow a uniform distribution between zero and 23 seconds, inclusive. Draw the graph. We recommend using a 12 So, P(x > 21|x > 18) = (25 21)\(\left(\frac{1}{7}\right)\) = 4/7. a. \(\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{(b-a)^{2}}{12}} = \sqrt{\frac{(12-0)^{2}}{12}} = 4.3\). \(P(x > 2|x > 1.5) = (\text{base})(\text{new height}) = (4 2)(25)\left(\frac{2}{5}\right) =\) ? Ninety percent of the time, a person must wait at most 13.5 minutes. Can you take it from here? The histogram that could be constructed from the sample is an empirical distribution that closely matches the theoretical uniform distribution. c. Ninety percent of the time, the time a person must wait falls below what value? Therefore, the finite value is 2. 16 However the graph should be shaded between \(x = 1.5\) and \(x = 3\). Sketch the graph, and shade the area of interest. P(A|B) = P(A and B)/P(B). a+b = 7.5. Formulas for the theoretical mean and standard deviation are, \(\mu =\frac{a+b}{2}\) and \(\sigma =\sqrt{\frac{{\left(b-a\right)}^{2}}{12}}\), For this problem, the theoretical mean and standard deviation are. 11 This means that any smiling time from zero to and including 23 seconds is equally likely. 15 (b-a)2 15 2 Find the probability that she is between four and six years old. The Bus wait times are uniformly distributed between 5 minutes and 23 minutes. Example The data in the table below are 55 smiling times, in seconds, of an eight-week-old baby. If so, what if I had wait less than 30 minutes? k=( The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) is incorporated in FHWA regulations and recognized as the national standard for traffic control devices used on all public roads. Solution Let X denote the waiting time at a bust stop. Then X ~ U (6, 15). 2.5 The probability a person waits less than 12.5 minutes is 0.8333. b. = 1 Find the probability that a randomly selected home has more than 3,000 square feet given that you already know the house has more than 2,000 square feet. 5.2 The Uniform Distribution. (b) The probability that the rider waits 8 minutes or less. Uniform Distribution between 1.5 and four with shaded area between two and four representing the probability that the repair time, Uniform Distribution between 1.5 and four with shaded area between 1.5 and three representing the probability that the repair time. b. In this framework (see Fig. Find the mean and the standard deviation. \(k\) is sometimes called a critical value. \(P\left(x1.5) When working out problems that have a uniform distribution, be careful to note if the data is inclusive or exclusive. Solution 2: The minimum time is 120 minutes and the maximum time is 170 minutes. Notice that the theoretical mean and standard deviation are close to the sample mean and standard deviation in this example. \(X \sim U(0, 15)\). 1.0/ 1.0 Points. Example 5.2 In statistics, uniform distribution is a term used to describe a form of probability distribution where every possible outcome has an equal likelihood of happening. k is sometimes called a critical value. 230 That is, find. For the first way, use the fact that this is a conditional and changes the sample space. X = a real number between a and b (in some instances, X can take on the values a and b). k=(0.90)(15)=13.5 a. obtained by dividing both sides by 0.4 The Standard deviation is 4.3 minutes. = By simulating the process, one simulate values of W W. By use of three applications of runif () one simulates 1000 waiting times for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Introduction to Statistics is our premier online video course that teaches you all of the topics covered in introductory statistics. 2 X ~ U(a, b) where a = the lowest value of x and b = the highest value of x. Let X = the time, in minutes, it takes a nine-year old child to eat a donut. For this problem, \(\text{A}\) is (\(x > 12\)) and \(\text{B}\) is (\(x > 8\)). Find the mean, \(\mu\), and the standard deviation, \(\sigma\). Use the following information to answer the next eight exercises. What is the expected waiting time? The age of cars in the staff parking lot of a suburban college is uniformly distributed from six months (0.5 years) to 9.5 years. 12 = 4.3. Your starting point is 1.5 minutes. For example, if you stand on a street corner and start to randomly hand a $100 bill to any lucky person who walks by, then every passerby would have an equal chance of being handed the money. Let \(x =\) the time needed to fix a furnace. (a) The solution is Possible waiting times are along the horizontal axis, and the vertical axis represents the probability. 1), travelers have different characteristics: trip length l L, desired arrival time, t a T a, and scheduling preferences c, c, and c associated to their socioeconomic class c C.The capital and curly letter . consent of Rice University. The LibreTexts libraries arePowered by NICE CXone Expertand are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot. 1 If the probability density function or probability distribution of a uniform . When working out problems that have a uniform distribution, be careful to note if the data is inclusive or exclusive of endpoints. 15 = f(X) = 1 150 = 1 15 for 0 X 15. Then \(x \sim U(1.5, 4)\). . X ~ U(0, 15). The data in [link] are 55 smiling times, in seconds, of an eight-week-old baby. The uniform distribution is a continuous probability distribution and is concerned with events that are equally likely to occur. 3.5 However the graph should be shaded between x = 1.5 and x = 3. You already know the baby smiled more than eight seconds. Find the probability that a person is born after week 40. 150 To me I thought I would just take the integral of 1/60 dx from 15 to 30, but that is not correct. The probability density function is \(f(x) = \frac{1}{b-a}\) for \(a \leq x \leq b\). However the graph should be shaded between x = 1.5 and x = 3. When working out problems that have a uniform distribution, be careful to note if the data is inclusive or exclusive of endpoints. = ) P(x>1.5) If you arrive at the bus stop, what is the probability that the bus will show up in 8 minutes or less? Find the probability that a bus will come within the next 10 minutes. In real life, analysts use the uniform distribution to model the following outcomes because they are uniformly distributed: Rolling dice and coin tosses. For the second way, use the conditional formula from Probability Topics with the original distribution \(X \sim U(0, 23)\): \(P(\text{A|B}) = \frac{P(\text{A AND B})}{P(\text{B})}\). In their calculations of the optimal strategy . Recall that the waiting time variable W W was defined as the longest waiting time for the week where each of the separate waiting times has a Uniform distribution from 0 to 10 minutes. The probability density function is The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss. Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices. f(x) = Ace Heating and Air Conditioning Service finds that the amount of time a repairman needs to fix a furnace is uniformly distributed between 1.5 and four hours. P(x>8) 1 for a x b. When working out problems that have a uniform distribution, be careful to note if the data is inclusive or exclusive. 238 First way: Since you know the child has already been eating the donut for more than 1.5 minutes, you are no longer starting at a = 0.5 minutes. This is a modeling technique that uses programmed technology to identify the probabilities of different outcomes. 1). Find the probability. For each probability and percentile problem, draw the picture. Question 1: A bus shows up at a bus stop every 20 minutes. 5 12 \(P(x < 4) =\) _______. ) The OpenStax name, OpenStax logo, OpenStax book covers, OpenStax CNX name, and OpenStax CNX logo The Uniform Distribution by OpenStaxCollege is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. Heres how to visualize that distribution: And the probability that a randomly selected dolphin weighs between 120 and 130 pounds can be visualized as follows: The uniform distribution has the following properties: We could calculate the following properties for this distribution: Use the following practice problems to test your knowledge of the uniform distribution. The waiting times for the train are known to follow a uniform distribution. 1 Find the third quartile of ages of cars in the lot. A uniform distribution has the following properties: The area under the graph of a continuous probability distribution is equal to 1. Find the probability that a different nine-year old child eats a donut in more than two minutes given that the child has already been eating the donut for more than 1.5 minutes. a+b c. Find the probability that a random eight-week-old baby smiles more than 12 seconds KNOWING that the baby smiles MORE THAN EIGHT SECONDS. Find the mean, , and the standard deviation, . b. = \(\frac{a\text{}+\text{}b}{2}\) The cumulative distribution function of X is P(X x) = \(\frac{x-a}{b-a}\). Note: Since 25% of repair times are 3.375 hours or longer, that means that 75% of repair times are 3.375 hours or less. If you are redistributing all or part of this book in a print format, The age of cars in the staff parking lot of a suburban college is uniformly distributed from six months (0.5 years) to 9.5 years. looks like this: f (x) 1 b-a X a b. I'd love to hear an explanation for these answers when you get one, because they don't make any sense to me. Department of Earth Sciences, Freie Universitaet Berlin. When working out problems that have a uniform distribution, be careful to note if the data is inclusive or exclusive of endpoints. =0.7217 \(X\) = The age (in years) of cars in the staff parking lot. (15-0)2 Sketch a graph of the pdf of Y. b. So, P(x > 12|x > 8) = Let \(X =\) the time needed to change the oil in a car. The probability density function of X is \(f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{b-a}\) for a x b. Find the mean and the standard deviation. Find the probability that a randomly chosen car in the lot was less than four years old. P(x>12ANDx>8) Please cite as follow: Hartmann, K., Krois, J., Waske, B. Note that the shaded area starts at \(x = 1.5\) rather than at \(x = 0\); since \(X \sim U(1.5, 4)\), \(x\) can not be less than 1.5. \(f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{8}\) where \(1\le x\le 9\). Find P(x > 12|x > 8) There are two ways to do the problem. it doesnt come in the first 5 minutes). 4 1 (41.5) ) Answer: a. a. 0.90=( The longest 25% of furnace repairs take at least 3.375 hours (3.375 hours or longer). P(x>12) What is the average waiting time (in minutes)? What is the probability that the waiting time for this bus is less than 5.5 minutes on a given day? \(3.375 = k\), The probability is constant since each variable has equal chances of being the outcome. = ( What percentage of 20 minutes is 5 minutes?). The amount of time, in minutes, that a person must wait for a bus is uniformly distributed between zero and 15 minutes, inclusive. However, if another die is added and they are both thrown, the distribution that results is no longer uniform because the probability of the sums is not equal. Correct me if I am wrong here, but shouldn't it just be P(A) + P(B)? 2 In any 15 minute interval, there should should be a 75% chance (since it is uniform over a 20 minute interval) that at least 1 bus arrives. ( 23 Formulas for the theoretical mean and standard deviation are, \[\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{(b-a)^{2}}{12}} \nonumber\], For this problem, the theoretical mean and standard deviation are, \[\mu = \frac{0+23}{2} = 11.50 \, seconds \nonumber\], \[\sigma = \frac{(23-0)^{2}}{12} = 6.64\, seconds. 15 . What is the probability density function? Find step-by-step Probability solutions and your answer to the following textbook question: In commuting to work, a professor must first get on a bus near her house and then transfer to a second bus. Your starting point is 1.5 minutes. Uniform distribution refers to the type of distribution that depicts uniformity. For example, we want to predict the following: The amount of timeuntilthe customer finishes browsing and actually purchases something in your store (success). In statistics, uniform distribution is a probability distribution where all outcomes are equally likely. c. Find the 90th percentile. The unshaded rectangle below with area 1 depicts this. 1. 2 Step-by-step procedure to use continuous uniform distribution calculator: Step 1: Enter the value of a (alpha) and b (beta) in the input field Step 2: Enter random number x to evaluate probability which lies between limits of distribution Step 3: Click on "Calculate" button to calculate uniform probability distribution = You are asked to find the probability that an eight-week-old baby smiles more than 12 seconds when you already know the baby has smiled for more than eight seconds. Find the probability that the commuter waits between three and four minutes. Ace Heating and Air Conditioning Service finds that the amount of time a repairman needs to fix a furnace is uniformly distributed between 1.5 and four hours. The distribution can be written as X ~ U(1.5, 4.5). = 7.5. Let \(X =\) length, in seconds, of an eight-week-old baby's smile. It is defined by two parameters, x and y, where x = minimum value and y = maximum value. P(x>12) 23 P(x>12ANDx>8) Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License . P(x>2ANDx>1.5) 1 \(X =\) a real number between \(a\) and \(b\) (in some instances, \(X\) can take on the values \(a\) and \(b\)). . \(P(x < k) = (\text{base})(\text{height}) = (k0)\left(\frac{1}{15}\right)\) the 1st and 3rd buses will arrive in the same 5-minute period)? The data follow a uniform distribution where all values between and including zero and 14 are equally likely. 3.5 P(AANDB) 1999-2023, Rice University. \(X\) is continuous. You are asked to find the probability that a nine-year old child eats a donut in more than two minutes given that the child has already been eating the donut for more than 1.5 minutes. Want to create or adapt books like this? The probability that a nine-year old child eats a donut in more than two minutes given that the child has already been eating the donut for more than 1.5 minutes is \(\frac{4}{5}\). Find the probability that a randomly selected furnace repair requires less than three hours. If the waiting time (in minutes) at each stop has a uniform distribution with A = 0 and B = 5, then it can be shown that the total waiting time Y has the pdf f(y) = 1 25 y 0 y < 5 2 5 1 25 y 5 y 10 0 y < 0 or y > 10 In words, define the random variable \(X\). This is a conditional probability question. 1 = ) Find the 90th percentile. a. 11 The longest 25% of furnace repairs take at least 3.375 hours (3.375 hours or longer). The data follow a uniform distribution where all values between and including zero and 14 are equally likely. Draw a graph. McDougall, John A. c. Ninety percent of the time, the time a person must wait falls below what value? 2 Below is the probability density function for the waiting time. \(b\) is \(12\), and it represents the highest value of \(x\). 3.375 = k, Want to cite, share, or modify this book? If X has a uniform distribution where a < x < b or a x b, then X takes on values between a and b (may include a and b). 0.75 = k 1.5, obtained by dividing both sides by 0.4 However, there is an infinite number of points that can exist. Define the random . Let X = length, in seconds, of an eight-week-old baby's smile. 23 You are asked to find the probability that an eight-week-old baby smiles more than 12 seconds when you already know the baby has smiled for more than eight seconds. Since 700 40 = 660, the drivers travel at least 660 miles on the furthest 10% of days. )=20.7. With continuous uniform distribution, just like discrete uniform distribution, every variable has an equal chance of happening. The student allows 10 minutes waiting time for the shuttle in his plan to make it in time to the class.a. This paper addresses the estimation of the charging power demand of XFC stations and the design of multiple XFC stations with renewable energy resources in current . 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