Suppose That the Distribution of People's Ages in the United

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Short Answer

Suppose that the distribution of people's ages in the United States is essentially constant, or uniform, from age 0 to age 60, and from there it decreases linearly until age 100.This distribution p(x)is shown below, where x is age in years, and p measures probability density.Such a probability distribution is called trapezoidal. Find the value of b.

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