Question

Zoe is collecting books to donate. She started with 3 books and collects two more each week. She is using the equation b = 2w + 3, where bb is the total number of books collected and w is the number of weeks she has been collecting books. Name the independent and dependent variables. Then, create a graph to represent how many books Zoe has collected when ww is 5 or less.

Answer 1

Independent variable: b - books

Dependent variable: w - weeks

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Explanation:

b = 2w + 3

b = total number of books collected

w = is the number of weeks

So, the number of books depend on the number of weeks, so

Independent variable: b - books

Dependent variable: w - weeks