The probability that the request is received by this server within the first 5 minutes (300 seconds) after the hour is 0.0833 or 8.33%.
Your computer sends a request for the file to a Web server, and the Web server sends back a response.
For one particular Web server, the time X (in seconds) after the start of an hour at which a randomly selected request is received has the uniform distribution shown in the figure.
The probability of finding value less than the X is,
[tex]P(X < x)=\dfrac{x-a}{b-a}[/tex]
Here, a and b are two bonds of uniform distribution.
The probability distribution of X can be modeled by a uniform density curve on the interval from 0 to 3600 seconds, as shown in the given figure.
The probability that the request is received by this server within the first 5 minutes (300 seconds) after the hour has to be found out. Thus,
[tex]P(X < x)=\dfrac{300-0}{3600-0}\\P(X < x)=0.0833\\P(X < x)=8.33\%[/tex]
Thus, the probability that the request is received by this server within the first 5 minutes (300 seconds) after the hour is 0.0833 or 8.33%.
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