Which of the following is a continuous quantitative variable?
A) The colour of a student's hair.
B) The number of loaves of bread sold at the local grocery store yesterday.
C) The amount of eggs produced by a chicken in a one-month period.
D) The number of employees of a law firm.

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A continuous quantitative variable is a variable that can take on any value within a certain range. In this case, the amount of eggs produced by a chicken in a one-month period can take on any value within a certain range (e.g. 10 eggs, 10.5 eggs, 11 eggs, etc.), making it a continuous variable. The other options are not continuous; hair colour only has a limited range of possibilities, the number of loaves of bread sold is discrete and can only be measured in whole numbers, and the number of employees at a law firm is also discrete and can only be measured in whole numbers.

Which of the Following Is a Continuous Quantitative Variable