To Monitor Campus Security, the Campus Police Office Is Taking

question 59

Multiple Choice

To monitor campus security, the campus police office is taking a survey of the number of
Students in a parking lot each 30 minutes of a 24-hour period with the goal of determining when
Patrols of the lot would serve the most students.If X is the number of students in the lot each
Period of time, then X is an example of

• A) a categorical variable.
• B) a discrete variable.
• C) a continuous variable.
• D) a statistic.

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Definitions:

Yearly Payments

Payments that are made once a year, often related to loans, annuities, or insurance policies.

Annual Payments

Regular amounts paid once a year, often used in the context of loan repayments or investment returns.

Interest Rate

The amount charged by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets, expressed as a percentage of the principal.

Lease Payments

Regular payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the use of an asset.