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Transcribed Image Text:Identify each to be a discrete random variable, continuous random variable, or not
a random variable.
1. People are asked to state how many times in the last month they visited their
family doctor.
2. The time it takes a computer to complete a task.
3. The hair color of people is recorded.
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