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Section 3.4 Probability Density Functions 85 15.9 ~~ 160 ae 16.1 Amounts rounded to nearest tenth of an ounce 16.00 16.10 Amounts rourided to nearest hundredth of an ounce 159) 160 161 FIGURE 3.6: Definition of probability in the continuous case. Because of this property, the value of a probability density function can be changed for some of the values of a random variable without changing the probabilities, and this is why we said in Definition 3.4 that f(x) is the value of a probability density, not she probability density, of the random variable X at x. Also, in view of this property, it does not matter whether we include the endpoints of the interval from a to b; symbolically, TueoreM 3.4, If X is a continuous random variable and a and b are real constants with a < b, then Pla SX Sb) = Pa X

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