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For each of the following indicate whether the random
Chapter 6, Problem 32E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 32E
For each of the following indicate whether the random variable is discrete or continuous.
a. The length of time to get a haircut.
b. The number of cars a jogger passes each morning while running.
c. The number of hits for a team in a high school girls’ softball game.
d. The number of patients treated at the South Strand Medical Center between 6 and 10 p.m. each night.
e. The distance your car traveled on the last fill-up.
f. The number of customers at the Oak Street Wendy’s who used the drive-through facility.
g. The distance between Gainesville, Florida, and all Florida cities with a population of at least 50,000.
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QUESTION:
Problem 32E
For each of the following indicate whether the random variable is discrete or continuous.
a. The length of time to get a haircut.
b. The number of cars a jogger passes each morning while running.
c. The number of hits for a team in a high school girls’ softball game.
d. The number of patients treated at the South Strand Medical Center between 6 and 10 p.m. each night.
e. The distance your car traveled on the last fill-up.
f. The number of customers at the Oak Street Wendy’s who used the drive-through facility.
g. The distance between Gainesville, Florida, and all Florida cities with a population of at least 50,000.
ANSWER:
Solution
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For the following statement we have to indicate whether the random variable is discrete or continuous
a) The length of the time to get a haircut
Here the time to get the haircut is continuous random variable
Because the the time takes is in the certain interval
b) the no.of cars a jogger passes each morning while running
Here the no.of cars a jogger passes is discrete random variable
Because the no.of cars indicates some specific number so. It is discrete random variable