A survey of office workers recorded the number of password reset requests made by each employee in a month. The data below represents the probability distribution for the number of reset requests:

Is the random variable for the number of reset requests discrete or continuous? Explain.

• A. Discrete: because the number of reset requests can only be whole numbers.
• B. Continuous: because it is possible to have fractional reset requests.
• C. Continuous: because the values form a continuous range.
• D. Discrete: because the number of reset requests can be any decimal value.

Answer: (A)