Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134683416
Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 18E
Discrete Variables and Continuous Variables In Exercises 13–18, determine whether the random variable x is discrete or continuous. Explain.
18. Let x represent the snowfall (in inches) in Nome, Alaska, last winter.
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