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# Random variables

A variable: a thing that can take on a bunch of different values.

Which part is random?

* Formally, a random variable *deterministically* maps elements of one set to another.
* Once we have the value in the first set, i.e. the "measurement" of "what kind of a Monday it is," we know the value in the second, i.e. the color of shirt I will wear.
* It is these measurements that are random, as these can only be so precise.

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