Sarah read that skateboarding burns about 100 calories every 20 minutes. She made a table of values to compare time and calories burned.

Two column chart. Left column shows rows of twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, and one hundred in descending order. Right column shows rows of one hundred, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, and five hundred in descending order

The function represents the relationship between minutes of skateboarding (x) and calories burned (y). For this scenario, is the function discrete or continuous? How do you know? Use at least 3 sentences in your answer.

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Sarah read that skateboarding burns about 100 calories every 20 minutes. She made a table of values to compare time and calories burned. 

Two column chart. Left column shows rows of twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, and one hundred in descending order. Right column shows rows of one hundred, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, and five hundred in descending order 

The function represents the relationship between minutes of skateboarding (x) and calories burned (y). For this scenario, is the function discrete or continuous? How do you know? Use at least 3 sentences in your answer.

therealmeeeee · Answer

ok
If you graph the points and it makes a line, it's linear. It's a steady function, she never slows down in her calorie burning, and never speeds up, so it is a constant line. Hope that helps? Make sure to write more from your own understanding!

anonymous · Answer

Thank you and yes, yes it does. :)

therealmeeeee · Answer

np