Consider the relationship between the height of a tree and time. The height of the tree would be considered which of the following?
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function
input function
independent variable
dependent variable
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dependent variable
Usually yes, you say the height is a function of time
but
If you are a historian trying to decide how old the tree was when it died, then time alive is a function of height :)
but
If you are a historian trying to decide how old the tree was when it died, then time alive is a function of height :)
In that case, the height of the tree would be considered the independent variable.