Continuous Random Variables That Can Assume Values at All Points

question 178

Multiple Choice

Continuous random variables that can assume values at all points on an interval of values, with no breaks between possible values, are quite common. Examples include:

• A) profit per dollar of sales
• B) cost per credit taken by graduate students
• C) the average time it takes to assemble a car, or write a test
• D) height
• E) all of these

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