The number of customers that enter a store during one day is an example of
A) a continuous random variable.
B) a discrete random variable.
C) either a continuous or a discrete random variable, depending on whether odd or even number of the customers enter.
D) either a continuous or a discrete random variable, depending on the gender of the customers.

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The number of customers that enter a store during one day is a countable quantity and can only take on whole-number values, making it a discrete random variable.

The Number of Customers That Enter a Store During One