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01 - FACT SHEET (Random Variables)
01 - FACT SHEET (Random Variables)
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Continuous variable
Example 5: Classify the following random variables as
discrete or continuous. 4.
1. The number of voters favoring a candidate Seatwork:
★ discrete Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. Let D
2. The average amount of electricity consumed per represent the defective cell phone and let N represent
household per month the non-defective cell phone. If we let X be the random
★ continuous variable for the number of defective cell phones,
3. The weight of new-borns each year in a hospital construct the probability distribution of the random
★ continuous variable X and its histogram.