Question

Describe a real world situation that this expression might modeland tell what each variable represents.

The expression 5t

Answer 1

Labour working and paid on hourly basis.

Explanation:

Let us imagine a situation where a person is getting paid hourly basis. The rate of payment per hour is $5. Hence , if the number of hours for which he or she works is represented by t, the total amount he earned ,say represented by y, will be y=5t.

Where t is the independent variables and y is the dependent variable.