Determine whether the quantitative variable is discrete or continuous.
-The peak shopping time at a pet store is between 8-11:00 am on Saturday mornings. Management at the petstore randomly selected 65 customers last Saturday morning and decided to observe their shopping habits.They recorded the number of items that a sample of the customers purchased as well as the total time thecustomers spent in the store. Identify the types of variables recorded by the pet store.
A) number of items - discrete; total time - continuous
B) number of items - continuous; total time - continuous
C) number of items - continuous; total time - discrete
D) number of items - discrete; total time - discrete

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The number of items purchased is a discrete variable because it can only take on specific values (you can't buy half an item, for example). The total time spent in the store is a continuous variable because it can take on any value within a range (including fractions of a unit of time).

Determine Whether the Quantitative Variable Is Discrete or Continuous