Dependent and Independent Variables

Priya streams movies through a company that charges her a $5 monthly fee plus $1.50 per movie What is the dependent variable?

• the number of movies she rents

• the company that she rents from

• the money it costs

• There isn't one

Kira designs websites. She can create three different websites each week. Kira wants to create an equation that will give her the total number of websites she can design given the number of weeks she works.
What is the independent vairble

• the number of websites she makes

• the number of weeks

• the design of the website

• there isn't one

A food service worker earns $12 per hour. How much money, m, does the worker earn on a shift of h hours? Identify the dependent variable.

• money

• hours

In the United States House of Representatives, the number of Representatives from a state is calculated based on its population.
r = the number of Representatives
p = the population of a state
Which of the variables is independent?

• r

• p

A ​ ​ ​ (a)   variable changes in response to another variable.

• dependent

• independent

An ​ ​ (a)   variable causes the ​ (b)   variable to change..

• independent

• dependent

What is the dependent variable in the statement? The number of pages read, p, and the time spent reading, t

• Dependent variable: p

• Dependent variable: t

What is the independent variable in the statement? The number of pages read, p, and the time spent reading, t

• Independent variable: p

• Independent variable: t

What is the independent variable in the statement?

• Independent variable: p

• Independent variable: c

What is the dependent variable in the statement? The profit, p, and the number of candy bars sold, c

• Dependent variable: p

• Dependent variable: c