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Suppose you want to eat lunch at a popular restaurant. The
restaurant does not take reservations,...
Suppose you want to eat lunch at a popular restaurant. The
restaurant does not take reservations, so there is usually a
waiting time before you can be seated. Let x represent the length
of time waiting to be seated. From past experience, you know that
the mean waiting time is μ = 17.2 minutes with σ = 3.8 minutes. You
assume that the x distribution is approximately normal. (Round your
answers to four decimal places.)(a) What is the probability that
the waiting time will exceed 20 minutes, given that it has exceeded
15 minutes? Hint: Compute P(x > 20|x > 15).
(b) What is the probability that the waiting time will exceed
25 minutes, given that it has exceeded 18 minutes? Hint: Compute
P(x > 25|x > 18).