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The amount of money in your bank account is $512.18. Is the data type discrete or continuous?

A.

It is continuous because there are a finite number of possible values.
B.

It is discrete data because there are infinitely many possible values.
C.

It is discrete because there are a finite number of possible values.
D.

It is continuous because there are infinitely many possible values.

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Answer:
It is discrete because there are a finite number of possible values.

Step-by-step explanation:
Discrete data is a type of data that can take possible values only such as the number of students in class, the number of bags you have, the number of quizzes a student took during a week, .... etc

Continuous data is a type of data that falls within a range such as the weight, height, ..... etc

In the question, we are given that the bank account has exactly $512.18
This is an exact value that has only one possibility and is not subjected to a range of values

Therefore, this is a discrete data type as it has only one value

Hope this helps :)
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