50 students were randomly sampled and asked questions about their exercise habits. One of the questions they were asked concerned the frequency of exercise, defined to be the number of times they exercised in a week. This variable would be characterized as which type of random variable?
A) discrete
B) continuous

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The frequency of exercise, defined as the number of times they exercised in a week, is a countable number and can only take on integer values, making it a discrete random variable.

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