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The Following Information Regarding the Ten Richest Americans Was Reported

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The following information regarding the ten richest Americans was reported in a recent issue of Forbes.
 Name  Ranking  Worth  $Billions)  Age  Marital  Status  Source  Gates, William 172.051 married  Microso  Buffett, Warren 252.077 married  Berkshire Hathaway  Adelson, Sheldon 328.074 married  casinos, hotels  Ellison, L. J. 426.063 married  Oracle  Brin, Sergey 518.534 married  Google  Page, Larry 518.534 single  Google  Kerkorian, Kirk 718.090 divorced  investments, casinos  Dell, Michael 817.242 married  Dell  Koch, Charles 917.071 married  oil, commodities  Koch, David 917.067 married  oil, commodities \begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|l|l|}\hline \text { Name }&\text { Ranking } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Worth } \\\text { \$Billions) }\end{array} & \text { Age } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Marital } \\\text { Status }\end{array} & \text { Source } \\\hline \text { Gates, William } & 1 & 72.0 & 51 & \text { married } & \text { Microso } \\\hline \text { Buffett, Warren } & 2 & 52.0 & 77 & \text { married } & \text { Berkshire Hathaway } \\\hline \text { Adelson, Sheldon } & 3 & 28.0 & 74 & \text { married } & \text { casinos, hotels } \\\hline \text { Ellison, L. J. } & 4 & 26.0 & 63 & \text { married } & \text { Oracle } \\\hline \text { Brin, Sergey } & 5 & 18.5 & 34 & \text { married } & \text { Google } \\\hline \text { Page, Larry } & 5 & 18.5 & 34 & \text { single } & \text { Google } \\\hline \text { Kerkorian, Kirk } & 7 & 18.0 & 90 & \text { divorced } & \text { investments, casinos } \\\hline \text { Dell, Michael } & 8 & 17.2 & 42 & \text { married } & \text { Dell } \\\hline \text { Koch, Charles } & 9 & 17.0 & 71 & \text { married } & \text { oil, commodities } \\\hline \text { Koch, David } & 9 & 17.0 & 67 & \text { married } & \text { oil, commodities } \\\hline\end{array}
a. How many elements are in the above data set?
b. How many variables are in this data set?
c. How many observations are in this data set?
d. Which variables are categorical and which are quantitative?
e. What measurement scale is used for each variable?

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a. 10
b. 5
c. 10
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