The time to complete the construction of a soapbox derby car is normally distributed with a mean of three hours and a standard deviation of one hour. Find the probability that it would take exactly 3.7 hours to construct a soapbox derby car.
A) 0.0000
B) 0.5000
C) 0.7580
D) 0.2420

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In a continuous probability distribution, such as the normal distribution, the probability of observing any exact value (like exactly 3.7 hours) is 0 because there are infinitely many possible values.

The Time to Complete the Construction of a Soapbox Derby