Question

A digital rain gauge has an outdoor sensor that collects rainfall and transmits data to an indoor display. Assume you produced a graph of all the data collected by the rain gauge over a 24-hour period. a. Would that graph be a discrete graph or a continuous graph? Explain your reasoning. b. b. Describe the general shape of the graph assuming it rained at a rate of 0.1 inch per hour for the entire 24-hour period. c. c. Describe the general shape of the graph assuming it rained 0.1 inch per hour for 6 hours, stopped raining for 6 hours, and then rained 0.2 inch for 12 hours.

Answer 1

A digital rain gauge has an outdoor sensor that collects rainfall and transmits data to an indoor display. Assume you produced a graph of all the data collected by the rain gauge over a 24-hour period. a. Would that graph be a discrete graph or a continuous graph? Explain your reasoning. b. b. Describe the general shape of the graph assuming it rained at a rate of 0.1 inch per hour for the entire 24-hour period. c. c. Describe the general shape of the graph assuming it rained 0.1 inch per hour for 6 hours, stopped raining for 6 hours, and then rained 0.2 inch for 12 hours.