Question

at one store 20% of the pairs of shoes sold are of men’s athletic shoes. lionel rings up 8 orders which contain one or more pairs of shoes. let n be the number of orders lionel rings up that include at least one pair of men’s athletic shoes. what type of variable is n?

Answer 1

The variable n is a discrete random variable representing the countable number of orders containing men's athletic shoes that Lionel rings up.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student asked about the type of variable that n represents in the context where 'n' is the number of orders Lionel rings up that include at least one pair of men's athletic shoes, given that 20% of the pairs of shoes sold are men's athletic shoes.

The variable n can be classified as a discrete random variable because it represents a countable number of outcomes where each outcome is the number of orders containing men's athletic shoes.