Question

a company manufactures eyeglasses for different retailers. the number of days it takes to fix defects in an eyeglass and the probability that it will take that number of days are in the table.

number of days	probabilities
2	0.0309
3	0.0412
4	0.0722
5	0.0722
6	0.0515
7	0.0773
8	0.0309
9	0.0258
10	0.0619
11	0.0773
12	0.0515
13	0.0515
14	0.0309
15	0.0619
16	0.067
17	0.0464
18	0.0722

state the random variable.

the number of days to fix the defect.
the probability that the defect occurs.
the type of defect.

Explanation:

A random - variable is a variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon. In this context, the data is about the number of days to fix defects and their probabilities. So the random variable is the quantity that can take on different values randomly. Here, it is the number of days to fix the defect.

Answer:

The number of days to fix the defect.