if your doing an experiment about if sugar or salt will caused fermentation within the yeast.and you have Cup 1 with 2 cup of warm water ;2tsp of yeast and 2tsp of salt. Than cup 2 contains warm 2 cups of water:2tsp of salt and 2tsp of yeast Finally cup 3( this is the control group)you have 2 cups of warm water and 2tsp of yeast.What will be your independent variable and dependent variable

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Cup 1 and 2 are the same.

An independent variable is the potential stimulus or cause, usually directly manipulated by the experimenter, so it could also be called a manipulative variable.

A dependent variable is the response or measure of results.