The question is incomplete. The complete question is :
To bill customers for water usage, one city converts the number of gallons used into units. This relationship is represented by the equation g = 748u, where g is the total number of gallons of water used and u is the number of units. Determine which statements about the relationship are true. Check all that apply.
g is the dependent variable.
u is the dependent variable.
g is the independent variable.
u is the independent variable.
The variables cannot be labeled without a table of values.
The variables cannot be labeled since any value can be selected for either
Solution :
Given equation :
g = 748 u
Here, g = total number of gallons of water used
u = number of units
Customers uses the number of units of water.
The unit of water is independent of the total number of gallons of water used.
So the number of units u is an independent variable.
But the value of gallons of water depends on the number of units that is used.
Therefore, number of gallons of water g is a dependent variable.
Thus, we can say that :
- g is dependent variable
- u is independent variable
