Solve the following problem : Identify the random variable as discrete or continuous in each of the following. Identify its range if it is discrete. A highway safety group is interested in the speed - Mathematics and Statistics

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Solve the following problem :

Identify the random variable as discrete or continuous in each of the following. Identify its range if it is discrete.

A highway safety group is interested in the speed (km/hrs) of a car at a check point.

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Solution

Let X = speed of the car in km/hr.
X takes uncountably infinite values.
∴ X is a continuous r.v.

Concept: Types of Random Variables
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Chapter 8: Probability Distributions - Part I [Page 155]

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