Your family decides to take a long road trip for the summer. You will be riding in the car while it moves at a fairly constant rate for eight hours to reach your destination.

Question

Record your answers to the questions about this road trip below.

1. Which quantity in this situation is the independent variable?

2. Which quantity is the dependent variable?

Answer 1

1. The independent variable in this situation is time, since it is a fixed amount of 8 hours that determines the duration of the road trip.

2. The dependent variable is the distance traveled, since it depends on the duration of the road trip (independent variable) and the constant rate at which the car is moving.

Answer 2

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