The independent variable is the number of sweatshirts sold so it is answer A.
(Money raised is the dependent variable because it depends on the number of sweatshirts sold.)
From the 3100 weekday bus traveler, 310 travelers will be
asked by the sales person. And for every 2.685 traveler questioned, a traveler will
say yes. So there will be 115 bus travelers that will use a laptop computer
while travelling.
A. 36 square units
(Please tell me if I’m right in the comments)
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One reason that negative numbers would not make sense for values of the variables is that the solution having a negative value is not valid. It might be that the expression represents a real word problem and a negative value will not make any sense. Hope this helps.