Question

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. the distribution for x is

a. x - u(0.5,9.5)

b. (0.5,9.5)

c. x - u

Explanation:

Step1: Recall uniform - distribution notation

The notation for a uniform distribution of a random variable $X$ with minimum value $a$ and maximum value $b$ is $X\sim U(a,b)$.

Step2: Identify values of $a$ and $b$

Here, $a = 0.5$ (minimum age of cars in years) and $b=9.5$ (maximum age of cars in years). So the distribution of $X$ is $X\sim U(0.5,9.5)$.

Answer:

a. $X\sim U(0.5,9.5)$