W is path connected: each point connects to the origin within a coordinate plane. X is disconnected because the continuous radius map has distinct rational values, and a connected subset of ℚ is a singleton. In fact X has infinitely many connected components, whereas Y has four sign components. Z is compact and W unbounded, hence noncompact. Thus **D**.
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