What's the correct way to expand a [0,1] interval to [a,b]?

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Published on 2010-06-14T09:37:06Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 9:42 UTC
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Many random-number generators return numbers between 0 and 1.

What's the best and correct way to get numbers between a and b?

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