https://padlet.com/jamescampbell4/hio70cjsmels Please post any math questions. I need you to write your name at the top of your question. Thank you. en-us 2020-04-08 21:01:32 UTC 2025-11-03 06:40:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270f.png https://padlet.com/jamescampbell4/hio70cjsmels/wish/513715789 How can you tell if in a relation is linear? And how can you tell if the data is continuous or discrete?

Solomon, you are the first person to ask a question in our Math Help Padlet.  Bravo!  I hope more will follow.  Okay now to answer your questions.  A relation will be linear if the First Differences from the table of values are constant.  If the First Differences are not constant, this means the relation is non-linear.  For data to be continuous or discrete comes down to the type of data we are dealing with.  In a conventional sense, when we are talking about equations of linear relations we always assume the line is continuous.  It is usually only in real world scenarios where we have to concern ourselves with discrete data.  If you are talking about the number of finite objects then this is discrete data.  For example, the number of people, or the number of cars or the number of movies watched, etc, are all discrete data sets.  Whereas, time, money or volume are continuous, since you can imagine decimals are acceptable values.  Solomon I hope this helps.]]> 2020-04-17 20:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jamescampbell4/hio70cjsmels/wish/513715789