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document.write( "The graph of a uniformly distributed population is a rectangle with total area of 1.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Its base is 5 units long.  The formula for the area of the whole rectangle is\r\n" );
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document.write( "A = (base)(height) and the area = 1 and base = 5, so substituting,\r\n" );
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document.write( "1 = (5)(h)\r\n" );
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document.write( "So it is 1/5 of a unit high.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The shaded rectangle has a base of 2.75. So using the same formula,\r\n" );
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document.write( "A = (base)(height) and the base = 2.75 and height = 1/5, so substituting,\r\n" );
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