Probability Distributions 5-1 5-2

Classify: The numbers of cheeseburgers a fast-food restaurant serves each day

• None of these
• Abstract
• Continuous
• Discrete

• Discrete
• Continuous

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The number of runs scored by the Kansas City Royals in the last game of the World Series.

• Discrete
• Continuous

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Which one of these variables is a continuous random variable?

• The time it takes a randomly selected student to complete an exam.
• The number of tattoos a randomly selected person has.
• The number of women taller than 68 inches in a random sample of 5 women. 
• The number of correct guesses on a multiple choice test. 

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• Yes, because all of the probabilities are between 0 and 1 inclusive and the sum of all the probabilities is 1.
• No, all probabilities are not be between 0 and 1 inclusive
• No, the sum of all the probabilities is not 1.
• Yes, because the distribution is symmetric

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• Yes, because all of the probabilities are between 0 and 1 inclusive and the sum of all the probabilities is 1.
• No, all probabilities are not be between 0 and 1 inclusive
• No, the sum of all the probabilities is not 1.
• Yes, because the distribution is symmetric

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The weight of a newborn infant.

• Discrete
• Continuous

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Which one of the following is discrete data?

• Sam is 160 cm tall
• Sam weighs 60 kg
• Sam ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds
• Sam has two brothers and one sister

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Joe is losing an average of .5 pounds a week.  Is this continuous or discrete data?

• Discrete
• Continuous

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Which or the following is NOT discrete data?

• There average life span of a human being is 79 years in USA
• The possible outcomes of rolling a die
• A woman in USA has 2 children on average.
• Ms Ocampo has between 11 to 22 students per class.