Determine whether the following value is a continuous random variable, discrete

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Determine whether the following value is a continuous random variable, discrete random variable, or not a random variable. a. The square footage of a poolsquare footage of a pool b. The last book a person in City Upper A readlast book a person in City A read c. The amount of rain in City Upper A during Julyamount of rain in City A during July d. The number of statistics students now doing their homeworknumber of statistics students now doing their homework e. The height of a randomly selected personheight of a randomly selected person f. The exact time it takes to evaluate 67 plus 29

Explanation / Answer

a) This will be a continuous random variable since square footage can take any value within an interval.

b) This will not be a random variable.

c) This will be a continuous random variable since amount of rain can take any value within an interval.

d) This will be a discrete random variable since number of students can take only integer values.

e) This will be a continuous random variable since height can take any value within an interval.

f) This will be a continuous random variable since time can take any value within an interval.

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