A weather forecaster predicts that the May rainfall in a local area will be between 1 and 7 inches but has no idea where within the interval the amount will be. Let x be the amount of May rainfall in the local area, and assume that x is uniformly distributed over the interval 1 to 7 inches.
a. Calculate the expected May rainfall
b. What is the probability that the observed May rainfall will fall within two standard deviations of the mean? Within one standard deviation of the mean?