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Is the graph of the distance a person has driven over time an example of a continuous or discrete graph?

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Let us first understand what are discrete and continuous variables.

Discrete variable:

A discrete variable is countable in a finite amount of time.

For example:

The number of coins in your pocket

The number of trees in the garden

It is not possible to have 2.5 coins or 7.3 trees

Continuous variable:

A continuous variable can take any numeric value.

For example:

The height of the tree

The room temperature

These values can be in decimal like 7.3, 0.23 etc

Now let us come to the question, the distance a person has driven can take any value

for example, it can be 50 miles or 23.4 miles or 120.5 miles

So, decimal values are possible

This means that it must be a continuous graph

The distance a person has driven over time an example of a continuous graph.

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