Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Continuous random variables

Continuous random variables — practice question

Robert works part-time delivering newspapers. On several days, he recorded the time taken to complete his job, correct to the nearest minute. He used his results to complete the table below; the two missing entries are shown as $a$ and $b$.
(i)[3]

Find the values of $a$ and $b$.

(ii)[3]

On graph paper, draw a histogram to show Robert’s times.

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