Sarah is purchasing pencils to share. Each package has 12 pencils. The equation n = 12p, where n is the total number of pencils
and p is the number of packages, can be used to determine the total number of pencils Sarah purchased. Determine which variable is dependent and which is independent. Then, make a table showing the number of pencils purchased for 3–7 packages.
An independent variable doesn’t have to rely on another variable. A dependent variable relies on the variable of another, and will change depending on it.
