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Chapter 6: Q. 1 (page 385)

A bottle of water contains 12.05fluid ounces with a standard deviation of 0.01ounces. Define the random variable Xin words. X=____________.

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X=Ounces of water in the bottle

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01

Given Information 

Given in the question that, a bottle of water contains 12.05 fluid ounces with a standard deviation of 0.01 ounces.

We have to define random variableXin words.

02

Explanation 

A random variable remains a variable with an unknown value or a function that gives values to each of the results of an experiment. A random variable might be discrete or continuous. From the given information, it is observed that a bottle of water contains 12.05fluid ounces.

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