SOLUTION: Why is the variable “number of saved telephone numbers on a person’s phone” classified as a discrete variable?
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Question 947595: Why is the variable “number of saved telephone numbers on a person’s phone” classified as a discrete variable?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Why? How do we count objects? You could also ask, why do we count how many telephone numbers are saved as whole numbers. Think what "discrete" means. Think what "continuous" means.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Why is the variable “number of saved telephone numbers on a person’s phone” classified as a discrete variable?
A quantitative variable with possible values of on a scale is called a .
For example, a family might have children or children, but could not have children.
using same logic in your case we can say:
a person can save telephone numbers, but cannot save telephone numbers
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