Question

A ball is dropped from a height of 600 feet. The height of the ball, H, after t seconds can be modeled by the function rule, H(t)=−4.9t2+600. What would be the independent quantity?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is: time is the independent variable

Explanation:

The height of the ball depends on the time, that is why the time is the independent variable and height is the dependent variable.