A sprinter known as Mr. Ach Illes was humiliated when he lost a bet about being able to beat a turtle in a 100-metre race. Just prior to the race, Mr. Illes was told ? by the a friend of the turtle ? to think first about running half the distance (50 metres), and then to think about running half the remaining distance (25 metres), and then to think about running half of the remaining distance (now 12.5 metres), and to keep doing this. Ach realized that he was only going to get closer and closer to the finish line, and never cross it. So convinced was he that he could never cross the finish line that he never began running and the turtle defeated him. The sprinter became confused because of thinking the distance is a(n) __________ variable.
a. Continuous
b. Discrete
c. Contiguous
d. Indiscrete
a. Continuous
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