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<p>described by</p>

<p>respectively, have the same finite area, i.e. if</p>

<p>and both <a href="page.php?w=improper_integral">improper Riemann integrals</a> converge. Finally, this is equivalent to the representation</p>

<p>also with convergent integrals.</p>

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<p>Let the daily <a href="page.php?w=precipitation">precipitation</a> (unit: ) at a location be simply modeled as a real-valued random variable  for which the following holds:</p>

<p>with two positive constants  and  The cumulative distribution function  of  is thus</p><p>
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