Question

You were informed at the nursery that your peach tree will definitely bloom sometime between march 18 and march 30. assume that the bloom times follow a continuous uniform distribution between these specified dates.
a. what is the probability that the tree does not bloom until march 25
b. what is the probability that the tree will bloom by march 20th

Answer 1

a. 6/22 or 27.27% b. 3/22 or 13.63%
there are 22 days in the range from March 18th till March 30th. each day has a probability of 1/22. add all the days together in a range to find the probability of each. A. 25,26,27,28,29,30  is 6/22 dates. B. 18,19,20  is 3/22.