Because the probability is uniform (equally likely) between 20 and 100 pounds, the probability distribution is uniform between 80 and 100 pounds, with the value 1/(100-20) = 1/80 chocolates/pound.
Let x = random variable that represents pounds of chocolate consumed.
Therefore
P(x < 60) = (60 - 20)*(1/80) = 1/2.
Answer: The probability is 1/2.
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if it is to determine how to write this phrase as a mathematics equation, it is as follow:
let be x the unknown number
so <span>ighty-seven decreased by three times a number is greater than one hundred sixty-five means 87 - 3x>165,
so we can solve it easily as 87 - 165> 3x, and then 3 x > 32, and finally the value of x is x > 32/3=10.66</span>
