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The number of accidents that occur annually on a busy stretch of highway is an example of:
 a. a discrete random variable.
  b. a continuous random variable.
  c. expected value of a discrete random variable.
  d. expected value of a continuous random variable.

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The weighted average of the possible values that a random variable X can assume, where the weights are the probabilities of occurrence of those values, is referred to as the:
 a. variance. c. expected value.
  b. standard deviation. d. None of these choices.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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