Identify the given random variable as being discrete or continuous.
The number of stories in a specific Manhattan office building.
well, can you count them?
To determine whether the given random variable is discrete or continuous, we need to consider the possible values it can take.
In this case, the random variable is the number of stories in a specific Manhattan office building. The number of stories can only take on specific whole numbers, such as 1, 2, 3, and so on.
Since the number of stories is always a whole number, this random variable is discrete. Discrete random variables have a countable number of possible values, and there are only a finite number of possible stories in the office building.