Excel's = RAND()function produces random numbers that are uniformly distributed from 0 to 1.What is the probability that the random number exceeds 0.75?
A)75 percent
B)50 percent
C)25 percent

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Since the numbers generated by RAND() are uniformly distributed from 0 to 1, the probability of the random number exceeding 0.75 is the same as the probability of the random number being between 0.25 and 1, which is 0.75 or 75%. Therefore, the answer is C.

Excel's = RAND()function Produces Random Numbers That Are Uniformly Distributed