Question

Consider the relationship between the height of a tree and time. The height of the tree would be considered which of the following?

(1 point)
Responses

function

input function

independent variable

dependent variable

Answer 1

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 :)

Answer 2

dependent variable

Answer 3

In that case, the height of the tree would be considered the independent variable.