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Given information

A subway train on the Red Line arrives every eight minutes during rush hour. We are interested in the length of time a commuter must wait for a train to arrive. The time follows a uniform distribution.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The required probability can be calculated as follows:

 

Therefore,

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