John Smith is planning to refinance his home mortgage to take advantage of the lower current interest rates. As part of the refinancing application, the bank needs to appraise Mr$.$ Smith's home. Mr$.$ Smith expects an appraisal of at least $$175,000$ but no more than $$250,000.$ All values between $$175,000$ and $$250,000$ have the same probability of being the actual appraised value. What is the appropriate distribution for simulating appraisal values?

Question $6$ options:

a$)$

continuous uniform distribution

b$)$

exponential distribution

c$)$

normal distribution

d$)$

discrete uniform distribution