Determine whether the quantitative variable is discrete or continuous. number of interceptions made by a defensive back is the variable discrete or continuous? a. the variable is continuous because it is not countable. b. the variable is continuous because it is countable. c. the variable is discrete because it is countable. d. the variable is discrete because it is not countable.

The number of interceptions made by a defensive back is definitely countable because it is finite and also it is not continuous because each interception is different and is unique. That is to say, one interruption happens and then then next. They do not happen in a continuous manner.

Thus, the number of interceptions made by a defensive back are countable and are discrete. Having a look at the options we can see that Option C matches as it says "the variable is discrete because it is countable".

Thus Option C is the answer.

With algebraic expressions, you can’t add and subtract any terms like you can add and subtract numbers. Terms must be like terms in order to combine them. So, you can’t always simplify an algebraic expression by following the order of operations. You have to use the distributive property to rewrite the expression and then combine like terms to simplify. With numeric expressions, you can either simplify inside the parentheses first or use the distributive property first.