Find the probability for uniform distribution

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Find the probability for Uniform distribution.

A manager of a large department store with three floors reports that the time a customer on the second floor must wait for an elevator has a uniform distribution ranging from 0 to 16 minutes. It takes the elevator 1 minute to go from floor to floor, find out the probability that a hurried customer can reach the first floor in less than 5 minutes after pushing second-floor elevator button.

(a) 1/4

(b) 5/16

(d) 1/2

(e) None of the above.

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