The Number of Accidents That Occur Annually on a Busy

question 31

Multiple Choice

The number of accidents that occur annually on a busy stretch of highway is an example of:

• A)a discrete random variable.
• B)a continuous random variable.
• C)a discrete probability distribution.
• D)a continuous probability distribution.

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