Question

A boat rental shop rents paddle boats for a fee plus an additional cost per hour. The cost of renting different numbers of hours is shown in the table. What is the independent variable, and what is the dependent variable? How do you know?

Answer 1

The independent variable is that whose values do not take into account the values of other variables. That is the time in hours for this item. Then, for the dependent variable, the answer would be the cost of renting. The value of the dependent variable is based on the changes done in the values of the independent variable.