The age of customers at a local hardware store follows a uniform distribution over the interval from 18 to 60 years old. Find the probability that the next customer who walks through the door exceeds 50 years old. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth.
A) 0.2381
B) 0.7619
C) 0.3600
D) 0.8333

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The probability is calculated by finding the length of the interval where age exceeds 50 (60 - 50 = 10) and dividing it by the total interval length (60 - 18 = 42). So, the probability is 10/42 = 0.2381.

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