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प्रश्न
Solve the following:
Identify the random variable as either discrete or continuous in each of the following. Write down the range of it.
A highway safety group is interested in studying the speed (km/hrs) of a car at a check point.
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उत्तर
Let X = speed of the car in km/hr
Then X takes uncountable infinite values
∴ random variable X is continuous.
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