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The round off errors when measuring the distance that a long jumper has jumped is uniformly distributed between 0 and 4.5 mm. Round values to 4 decimal places when possible.
The probability that the round off error for the distance that a long jumper has jumped is between 0 and 4.5 mm is P(0.2 < x < 1.1) = ___
P(x > 4.1 | x > 0.5) = ____
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