Answer to Question #290194 in Statistics and Probability for Erven

Question

1. For each of the following scenarios, give an example of a discrete and a continuous random variable. The first one is done as an example. 

Scenarios

•Asking your classmates about their breakfast.

•Making an order at a fast food restaurant.

•Uploading a picture in a social media.

•Buying pairs of shoes.

• Writing a manuscript

Construct the probability distribution for each random variable X.

a. The random variable X represents the number of heads that occur when you toss 4 coins at the same time.

b. The random variable X represents the number of male children in a 3-child family.

c. The random variable X represents the amount gain by a person who buys s 20 peso ticket from a total of 1000 tickets for a raffle whose winner will obtain ₱5,000