Question

Determine the item that would be represented by the independent variable in this situation. Candice picked strawberries to make jam for the fair. each jar of jam requires 25 strawberries. If she wants to make 50 jars of jam, how many strawberries must Candice pick?
a. Candice
b. Strawberries
c. Jars
d. Fair

Answer 1

Answer:

The item that would be represented by the independent variable in this situation is:

• b. Strawberries

Step-by-step explanation:

To identify if a variable is dependent or independent, you must think about what variable needs from other to accomplish the exercise, for example, the distance traveled and the time, suppose you want to see how much distance you travel in a determined time, in this case, the distance is a dependent variable and the time an independent variable, this is because the distance you travel depends on the time you use in this activity, but the time will continue advancing no matter if the distance is advancing or not, in the case given, the jars of jam depends on the number of strawberries that Candice has (more jars of jam needs more strawberries) but the strawberries don't depend on the jars of jam, so, the jars of jam are the dependent variable and the strawberries the independent variable.