Determine whether the value is a discrete random variable, continuous random variable, or not a random variable.

a. The number of light bulbs that burn out in the next week in a room with 13 bulbsnumberoflightbulbsthatburnoutinthenextweekinaroomwith13bulbs

b. The weight of a Upper T dash bone steakweightofaT-bonesteak

c. The response to the survey question "Did you smoke in the last week question mark "responsetothesurveyquestion"Didyousmokeinthelastweek?"

d. The distance a baseball travels in the air after being hitdistanceabaseballtravelsintheairafterbeinghit

e. The number of points scored during a basketball gamenumberofpointsscoredduringabasketballgame

f. The number of textbook authors now sitting at a computernumberoftextbookauthorsnowsittingatacomputer

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Part 1

a. Is the

number of light bulbs that burn out in the next week in a room with 13 bulbsnumberoflightbulbsthatburnoutinthenextweekinaroomwith13bulbs

a discrete random variable, a continuous random variable, or not a random variable?

A.

It is a

continuouscontinuous

random variable.

B.

It is a

discretediscrete

random variable.

Your answer is correct.

C.

It is not a random variable.

Part 2

b. Is the

weight of a Upper T dash bone steakweightofaT-bonesteak

a discrete random variable, a continuous random variable, or not a random variable?

A.

It is a

continuouscontinuous

random variable.

B.

It is a

discretediscrete

random variable.

C.

It is not a random variable