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Identify the random variable as discrete or continuous in each of the following. Identify its range if it is discrete.
An economist is interested in knowing the number of unemployed graduates in the town with a population of 1 lakh.

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Answer

X = No. of unemployed graduates in a town.
∵ The population of the town is 1 lakh
∴ X takes finite values
∴ X is a Discrete Random Variable
∴ Range of = {0, 1, 2, 4, …. 1,00,000}

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