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The total area under the probability density curve of any continuous distribution is 1.0.

a. true
b. false

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It is true by definition of probability curve
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It is true by definition of a probability curve.

Area under the domain of ALL continuous probability curves is 1.0.

If the area under a curve's domain does not add up to 1.0, it is not a probability curve. (contrapositive of the same statement!)
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