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-High temperatures in a certain city for the month of August follow a uniform distribution over the interval 65°F to 87°F. What is the probability that a randomly selected August day has a high temperature that exceeded 70°F
A) 0.7727
B) 0.2273
C) 0.4605
D) 0.0455

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The range of temperatures is 87°F - 65°F = 22°F. The range of temperatures exceeding 70°F is 87°F - 70°F = 17°F. The probability is the favorable range over the total range, so 17/22 = 0.7727.

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