When you mix two chemicals together, it could be any number, there's an infinite number of possible numbers and that would be continuous.

把两种试剂混合的时候,温度可以取任何值,对温度的取值有无数种可能,也就是说,是连续的

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You have discrete random variables, like the one I just defined, or there are also--which take on only a finite number of values-- and we have continuous random variables that can take on any number of values along a continuum.

就像刚定义的,是一个离散型随机变量,随机变量还可以有无限种取值,也就是连续型随机变量,随机变量可以取某一区间的一切值

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