Show that the following function defined by an integral is uniformly continuous

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Consider $\phi: C([a,b]) \to R$ given by $$f \to \int_{a}^ b f dx$$ Show that $\phi$ is uniformly continuous.

Not really sure where to start here. It seems like I'm given very little. I'm given information about f, not $\phi$, and $f$ is not equal to that integral, it is mapped to there because of the arrow. So I'm not really sure what to do with what is given. Any help is appreciated!

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The inequality

$$\vert \phi(f) - \phi (g) \vert =\left\vert \int_a^b \ f(x)\ dx - \int_a^b \ g(x)\ dx \right\vert \le (b-a) \Vert f - g \Vert$$

where $$ \Vert f-g\Vert= \sup_{x \in [a,b]} \vert f(x) -g(x) \vert$$

proves that $\phi$ is $(b-a)$-Lipschitz and is sufficient to get your desired conclusion. Providing that $\mathcal C([a,b], \mathbb R)$ is equipped with the $\sup$ norm.