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
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.
