The Time Between Customer Arrivals at a Deli Counter During

question 37

Multiple Choice

The time between customer arrivals at a deli counter during a 2-hour lunch period would be an example of _____________.

• A)neither discrete nor continuous random variable
• B)both discrete and continuous random variable
• C)a continuous random variable
• D)a discrete random variable
• E)a constant

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