Question

The amount of time that a student spent out of the country. continuous or discrete?

the volume of water in a randomly chosen pool. continuous or discrete?

the number of times that the water fountain is used in a week. continuous or discrete?

Answer 1

Continuous data is measured and can include fractions and decimals, while discrete data is counted in whole numbers. Time spent out of the country and pool water volume are continuous, while water fountain use count is discrete.

Step-by-step explanation:

The concept of whether data is continuous or discrete upon whether the data can be counted in integers or if it takes on a continuous range of values.

• The amount of time that a student spent out of the country would be considered quantitative continuous data as time can be measured to a fine resolution including fractions of units.
• The volume of water in a randomly chosen pool would also be quantitative continuous data because the volume can be measured with precision and isn't restricted to whole numbers.
• The number of times that the water fountain is used in a week is an example of quantitative discrete data since it can be counted in whole numbers only; it's not possible to use a water fountain half a time.

Answer 2

A continuous variable is a value that can be subdivided on a value between any other two values, such as: indoor temperature, time spent waiting, water consumed, color wavelength, and direction of travel.

1) The amount of time that a student spent out of the country is :CONTINUOUS.
(Time, Length, height, Volume, Area, temperature, color wavelength are all continuous)

2) Volume of water in a randomly chosen pool :CONTINUOUS

3) The number of times that the water fountain is used in a week: DISCRETE