find the probability that the mean is between a and b

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finding the probability that the mean is between (a) and (b) for a generated sample "nsamples" of sample size "n" from u(a,b)..
just need to find that.. If anyone is interested I may have a few more questions as well, thanks...
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HrMmz
HrMmz on 27 Nov 2016
i just need the part of finding the probability between (a) and (b) i should have the rest figured out tyvm

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 27 Nov 2016
Try this
theProbability = sum(nsamples > a & nsamples < b) / n;
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HrMmz
HrMmz on 27 Nov 2016
thank you! i'll test it later but perfect, i'm used to getting flamed for asking programming questions hehe

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Torsten
Torsten on 28 Nov 2016
The probabiliy is 1 since the arithmetic mean of n numbers between a and b is also between a and b.
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Torsten.

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