Determine whether each of the following variables would best be modeled as continuous or discrete. a. The number of fish caught during a fishing tournament. b. The number of hits to a website in a day. c. The number of people with blood type Upper A in a random sample of 23 people. d. The exact time it takes to evaluate 27 plus 72. e. The number of textbook authors now sitting at a computer

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30 December, 21:18

Determine whether each of the following variables would best be modeled as continuous or discrete. a. The number of fish caught during a fishing tournament. b. The number of hits to a website in a day. c. The number of people with blood type Upper A in a random sample of 23 people. d. The exact time it takes to evaluate 27 plus 72. e. The number of textbook authors now sitting at a computer

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Cassius Hurley · Answer 1

The definition of discrete variable is the one whose value is obtained by counting a particular quantity. While the definition of continuous variable is that the value is obtained by measuring a particular quantity.

So the following variable are:

a. The number of fish caught during a fishing tournament.

This is a discrete variable

b. The number of hits to a website in a day.

This is a discrete variable

c. The number of people with blood type Upper A in a random sample of 23 people.

This is a continuous variable

d. The exact time it takes to evaluate 27 plus 72.

This is a continuous variable

e. The number of textbook authors now sitting at a computer.

This is a discrete variable.