Question

Sarah read that skateboarding burns about 100 calories every 20 minutes. She made a table of values to compare time and calories burned.
Time(min) Calories Burned
20 100
40 200
60 300
80 400
100 500
The function represents the relationship between minutes of skateboarding (x) and calories burned (y). For this scenario, is the function discrete or continuous?

Answer 1

time=calories/5

Answer 2

is the funtion discrete or continuous ?

Answer 3

continuous

Answer 4

why is it continuous ?

Answer 5

because over the 20 minute period sarah burns calories continuously.she cannot just burn 100 calories on the 20th minute.