Classify the following random variable according to whether it is discrete or continuous
-The number of violent crimes committed in a day possesses a distribution with a mean of 1.3 crimes per day and a standard deviation of four crimes per day. A random sample of 120 days was observed, and the sample mean number of crimes for the sample was calculated. The data that was collected in this experiment could be measured with a __________ random variable.
A) discrete
B) continuous

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The number of violent crimes committed in a day is a discrete random variable because it counts occurrences and cannot take on fractional values.

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