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Solve the following problem :

Identify the random variable as discrete or continuous in each of the following. Identify its range if it is discrete.

A person on high protein diet is interested in the weight gained in a week.

Sum

Solution

Let X = gain in weight in a week.
Here, X takes uncountably infinite values.
∴ X is a continuous r.v.

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