Question

mr.wright judges the annual jelly bean challenge at the summer fair.every year he encourages the citizens in his town to guess the number of jelly beans in the jar.he keeps in record of everyones guesses and the number of the jelly beans each person was off by. what is the independent and dependent quantity?

Answer 1

Answer: Independent quantity : number of jelly beans in the jar guessed.

Dependent quantity : number of the jelly beans each person was off by.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Independent quantity : A quantity that the experimenter can change or control.
• Dependent quantity : A quantity that depends on each independent quantity.

In the given scenario, there are two quantities introduced:

1. number of jelly beans in the jar guessed.
2. number of the jelly beans each person was off by.

Since, "number of the jelly beans each person was off by." depends on "number of jelly beans in the jar guessed.".

So,

Independent quantity : number of jelly beans in the jar guessed.

Dependent quantity : number of the jelly beans each person was off by.