The time to fly between New York City and Chicago is uniformly distributed with a minimum of 120 minutes and a maximum of 150 minutes. What is the probability that a flight is more than 140 minutes?
A) 1.00
B) 0.5
C) 0.333 minutes
D) 10 minutes

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The uniform distribution has a constant probability. The range is 150 - 120 = 30 minutes. The probability of a flight being more than 140 minutes is (150 - 140) / 30 = 10 / 30 = 0.333.

The Time to Fly Between New York City and Chicago