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10.01 Random variables

Interactive practice questions

$X$X is a random variable for the number of televisions a person owns. Is $X$X discrete?

Yes

A

No

B
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$X$X is a random variable for the length of a goanna. Is $X$X discrete?

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$X$X is a random variable for the weight of a hippopotamus to the nearest kilogram. Is $X$X discrete?

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$X$X is a random variable for the length of a queue at a supermarket checkout. Is $X$X discrete?

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Outcomes

2.6.1.1

understand the concepts of a discrete random variable and its associated probability function, and its use in modelling data

2.6.1.2

use relative frequencies obtained from data to determine point estimates of probabilities associated with a discrete random variable

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