If a weather center monitors and calculates the average number of tornadoes that pass through Topeka, Kansas each year, what type of variable would they be investigating?
A) random variable
B) controlled variable
C) isolated variable
D) hypothesis variable

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The weather center is monitoring and calculating the average number of tornadoes in Topeka, Kansas each year, which is a random variable. A random variable is a numerical value determined by chance or random factors. The number of tornadoes that pass through each year is not controlled or isolated, and it is not a hypothesis variable that is being tested.

If a Weather Center Monitors and Calculates the Average Number