The Number of Defective Pencils in a Lot of 1000

question 37

True/False

The number of defective pencils in a lot of 1000 is an example of a continuous random variable.

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Definitions:

Battery

The unlawful touching of another person.

False Imprisonment

An intentional tort involving the unjustified confinement or detention of a person.

False Light

A privacy tort involving publishing information that portrays someone in a misleading or deceitful manner, which could be embarrassing or offensive, even if not defamatory.

Actual Malice

The legal test used by the courts to determine defamation against a public official or a public figure. The actual malice test requires the public official or public figure to prove not only that the statement was false, negative, and communicated to a third party, but also that it was made with the knowledge that it was false or with a reckless disregard for its truth or falsity.