Math Independent and Dependent Variable

Tickets sold for a race (t) , and the amount of money collected (m) Which is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?

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The number of minutes spent talking on the phone (m) , and the amount of the phone bill (B) Which is the DEPENDENT variable?

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Sophie earned $5, m, for every A she got on her report card, a. The dependent variable is:

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You are doing chores to earn your allowance. For each chore you do, you earn $3. In the equation below, c is the number of chores you do, and d is the number of dollars you earn.

The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the following equation:

d=3c

Which of the following is the independent variable?

• The number of chores you do

• The amount of dollars you earn

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You are walking directly away from your house. You are 5 miles away from your house when you start walking, so you can determine your distance from your house by adding 5 to the number of miles you have walked. In the equation below, x represents the number of miles you have walked, and y represents your distance from home in miles.

The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the following equation:

y=x+5

Which is the independent variable?

• Your distance from home

• number of miles you walked

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Name the INDEPENDENT variable from the table below.

• words

• minutes

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In the table, Bubbles is the ______________.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?

• Monica's growth

• drinking milk

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• the independent variable is distance
• the independent variable is d=25 t
• the dependent variable is time
• the dependent variable is distance

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The independent quantities are represented by these values: 0.15, 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0                         

• True

• False

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