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Uniform: quantile + expectation

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  • Laptop repair, uniform distribution:"uniformly distributed between a and b" · a) "93% will require at least ..." → flip it and take the 7% quantile · b) cost = c0+c1Uc_0+c_1\sqrt{U} → integrate to find the expectation

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