Answers:
- A) The equation is d = 2t
- B) Independent variable = time; dependent variable = amount of cookies
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Explanation:
The independent variable is always long the horizontal axis. Often this is x, but we are using t in this case.
The variable t represents the amount of time in minutes. For instance, t = 2 means 2 minutes have elapsed. At this time, 4 cookies have been eaten as shown by the point (2,4). As another example, the point (3,6) means that d = 6 cookies have been eaten at time t = 3 minutes.
The equation is d = 2t because the '2' represents the rate of change of "eating 2 cookies per minute". Whatever the time value (t) is, we double it to get the value of d, which is the number of cookies eaten.
