Question

Which of the following best describes a chart of the number of tomatoes on a tomato plant each morning?

discrete and linear

discrete and non-linear

continuous and linear

continuous and non-linear

Answer 1

I will give a medal to the person with the best answer :)

Answer 2

http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x7742039/little_girl_watering_tomato_plants_700-01718021.jpg

Answer 3

so, you woke up yesterday morning, and watered your tomato plant, you notice it had 20 tomatoes, wow! 20 tomatoes

so, the day goes by
so you wake up this morning, and off you go to water down your tomato plant
how many tomatoes are you expecting to find?

Answer 4

sorry I got a lagged some

Answer 5

its ok :)

Answer 6

I think you might expected like 2 or 3

Answer 7

what about the next morning? another 2 or 3 more?

Answer 8

you don't happen to have a chart for this specific tomato material?

Answer 9

well if it was the next morning you would see like 7 or 8

Answer 10

p.s I my mom had grown a farm when I was little so you know :)

Answer 11

I gather you weren't given a chart for this? :)

Answer 12

no

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

so, one day you'd expect 2 or 3 more
the next day about 7 or 8
and so on
so, your chart will look like

Answer 15

there's no telling how many exact tomatoes will come up the next morning, we know there'll be some, but not exactly how many

Answer 16

yea so wat do you think the answer might be ?? :)

Answer 17

well, what is the meaning of Discrete
discrete is non-continuous

what is the meaning of "linear"
when in a straight line

Answer 18

oh ok

Answer 19

you went from 2 or 3 tomatoes one day, to 7 or 8 the next
that's giving scattered numbers, jumping from 3 to 7
so that makes it non-continuous

and if you plot the values on the cartesian plane, you can't get a straight line off it

Answer 20

ok so it would be (B) right :)

Answer 21

yes

Answer 22

yay thank you so much you were a big help

Answer 23

yw

Answer 24

now you can get just get a couple of those tomatoes and make a salad, nevermind if you take 2 or 3, next morning there'll be other 2 or 3 more :)

Answer 25

yea yummy tomato salad :P

Answer 26

lol