Question

Classify the following random variables as DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS.

1. Length of a cell phone charger ____________________

2. Number of gadgets in a household ____________________

3. Count of words encoded per minute ____________________

4. Amount of water consumed per day ____________________

5. Sum of burgers sold in a day ____________________

6. Amount of time needed to boil a liquid ____________________

7. Number of channels in a cable TV ____________________

8. Daily count of visitors in a mall ____________________

9. Distance between two barangays ____________________

10.Total area of a rice field ____________________

11.Growth of a child per year ____________________

12.Temperature needed to bake bread ____________________

13.Number of babies born per day ____________________

14.Yearly death due to cancer ____________________

15.Number of mistakes in a test ____________________

Answer 1

Solution:

1. Continuous
2. Discrete
3. Discrete
4. Continuous
5. Discrete
6. Continuous
7. Discrete
8. Discrete
9. Continuous
10. Continuous
11. Continuous
12. Discrete
13. Discrete
14. Continuous
15. Discrete