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?

1 Answer
Feb 5, 2017

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.