An analyst wants to simulate observations from a Uniform distribution that has a lower limit of 60 minutes and an upper limit of 80 minutes.The analyst draws the random number 75 from a two-digit random number table.In terms of this uniform distribution,this is equivalent to a simulated value of:
A)61
B)65
C)70
D)75
E)80

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Since the analyst wants to simulate observations from a Uniform distribution with lower limit of 60 and upper limit of 80, the random number 75 is within this range and can be used as the simulated value. Therefore, the answer is D) 75.

An Analyst Wants to Simulate Observations from a Uniform Distribution