Question

8) Use the graph to determine the independent variable. Money Saved 240 210 180 A Number of Weeks 150 120 Amount of Money ($) B) The Amount of Money 90 © Money Saved 60 30 0 1 2 6 7 8 3 4 5 Number of Weeks

Answer 1

number of weeks

Generally equations are in the form:

y = mx + b

Where

x is the independent variable, you can choose any value for x

y is the dependent variable. The value of y depends on x.

In the graph, the x-axis is number of weeks and y-axis is amount.

Amount depends on the number of weeks, which is the independent variable, here in this graph.