What is the standard deviation of a randomly chosen vehicle

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The weight of a randomly chosen American passenger car is a uniformly distributed random variable ranging from 4,400 pounds to 6,500 pounds.

(a) What is the mean weight of a randomly chosen vehicle?

Mean weight

(b) What is the standard deviation of a randomly chosen vehicle? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Standard deviation

(c) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh less than 4,800 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

P(X<4,800) =

(d) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh more than 6,200 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

P(X>6,200) =

(e) What is the probability that a vehicle will weigh between 4,800 and 6,200 pounds? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

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