Which function is NOT continuous? a. Your altitude as a function of time while flying from Reno to Dallas. c. Number of tennis balls that can fit completely inside a particular box as a function of the radius of the tennis balls. b. Time of travel from Miami to Pensacola as a function of driving speed. d. Area of a circle as a function of radius.

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kirbykirby · Answer

c :) 

Tennis balls are discrete things... you can have 1 tennis ball, 2 tennis balls, etc. (Well i suppose you *could* divide them.. but they are usually considered as whole objects hehe). 

Usually things like distances, time, volume, area, etc. are continuous quantities :)