The art club is having a bake sale selling cookies to raise money. They spent $40 on supplies, and they sell each cookie for $2.

Let c represent the number of cookies that they sell and a represent the amount of money earned.

Which variable is the independent variable and which variable is the dependent variable?

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a (amount of money earned)
c (number of cookies sold)
Dependent Variable Independent Variable

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

In this context:

  • The independent variable is c (number of cookies sold) because the number of cookies sold can be controlled or changed and it influences the outcome.
  • The dependent variable is a (amount of money earned) because the amount of money earned depends on how many cookies are sold.

So the final pairing is:

  • Independent Variable: c (number of cookies sold)
  • Dependent Variable: a (amount of money earned)