Question

Joshua is trying to figure out how far he has walked. If every step is exactly 2 feet, the equation y = 2x can be used to find out how far he walks. In the function, x represents the number of steps he takes. Based on this problem, what type of data is given in this

situation?
A. Continuous
B.Discrete
C. Range
D. Domain

Answer 1

The answer is B). Discrete.

Explanation:

Joshua is taking whole numbers of steps for our purposes. He will never take a half step, or a quarter step, or a .15 step. Since, we are counting the steps, we know that the data is discrete.

A helpful way to remember is that anything counting-related is discrete.

Anything that is from a model, like population is continuous.