the total amount of the work that we can get out is just given by the area inside this curve.

能够输出的功就是,我们可以得出来,曲线所包围的面积。

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But it turns out that if you make the voters distributed more realistically, let's say like on a bell-curve shape, it makes actually no difference to the result at all.

但事实上,就算我们让选民分布更符合实际情况,比如说是按钟形分布的,但这实际上对结果没有什么影响

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That's the curve that I got out.

得到了这条曲线。

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Both times there's a demand curve out there.

两者都有需求曲线

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