The growth of a mobile app's user base can be tracked by the number of active users. In March 2018, the app had approximately 150 million active users worldwide. Each year, the number of active users has increased by around 8 million.

Question

Does this situation represent discrete data or continuous data?

(1 point)
Responses

Discrete
Discrete

Continuous

Answer 1

The situation represents discrete data.

Discrete data consists of individual values or counts that can be counted and are not infinitely divisible. In this case, the number of active users can only take specific whole number values, and we measure the increase in whole counts (in millions). Therefore, it is considered discrete data.