Which of the following are continuous variable and which are discrete? A. Number of ships in the Naval Ship Yard on any given day.  B. Your weight before breakfast each morning.  C. Distance a golf ball travels after being hit with a driver.  D. Number of traffic fatalities per year in the state of Virginia.  E. Time required to drive from home to school on any given day

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Which of the following are continuous variable and which are discrete?


A. Number of ships in the Naval Ship Yard on any given day. 

B. Your weight before breakfast each morning. 

C. Distance a golf ball travels after being hit with a driver. 

D. Number of traffic fatalities per year in the state of Virginia. 

E. Time required to drive from home to school on any given day

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There are two types of variables

1) Discrete - which takes only a finite number of possible values

2) Continuous - which can take infinite number of possible values within a given range 

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