The amount of money in your bank account is $512.18. Is the data type discrete or continuous? A. It is continuous because there are a finite number of possible values. B. It is discrete data because there are infinitely many possible values. C. It is discrete because there are a finite number of possible values. D. It is continuous because there are infinitely many possible values.
Accepted Solution
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Answer: It is discrete because there are a finite number of possible values.
Explanation: Discrete data is a type of data that can take possible values only such as the number of students in class, the number of bags you have, the number of quizzes a student took during a week, .... etc
Continuous data is a type of data that falls within a range such as the weight, height, ..... etc
In the question, we are given that the bank account has exactly $512.18 This is an exact value that has only one possibility and is not subjected to a range of values
Therefore, this is a discrete data type as it has only one value