Question

As of November 30,2014, there was 4364 Walmart stores in the U.S and 6193 outside of the U.S. Are the number of Walmart stores discrete or continuous? Why?

Answer 1

Walmart stores discrete.

Explanation:

Walmart stores discrete.

If you use `x` as a variable to represent the number of Walmart stores, then -

The Value of `x` within US is `4364`
The Value of `x` outside US is `6193`

If `x` takes certain specific values within a range of values, it is a discrete variable.

In our case also Number of Walmart Stores represented `x` will take certain specific values. Hence it is a discrete variable. Ultimately Number of Walmart Stores is discrete in nature.