Question

Emma is an artist and has created seven paintings. She plans to paint three additional paintings each week. What statements are true of this scenario? Check all that apply.

The independent variable is represented by the output values.
The dependent variable is the total number of paintings.
The total number of paintings depends on the number of weeks that have passed.
This scenario is a function because for each week that passes, there will be exactly one total number of paintings.
The number of weeks is the output value.

Answer 1

True:
- The dependent variable is the total number of paintings.
- The total number of paintings depends on the number of weeks that have passed.
- This scenario is a function because for each week there is exactly one total number of paintings (P = 7 + 3w).

False:
- The independent variable is represented by the output values. (Independent = input, not output.)
- The number of weeks is the output value. (Weeks is the independent/input; total paintings is the output/dependent.)