Additional
Practice: Variables, Constants, and Their Relationships
In each question determine which is the dependent and which
is the independent variable. Write your answer on a piece of scrap
paper. When you are done, click on the link below to check your
answers
- An ice cream shop sells a single scoop cone for $2.00. If
you wish to have more than a single scoop cone, additional scoops
can be added at the cost of $1.00 each. The relationship between
the variables is given by the equation:
p = 1.00s + 2.00
What is the dependent and which is the independent variable
in this case?
- A warehouse packs 28 boxes of cereal in a carton. The number
of boxes of cereal that get packed is given by the relationship:
y = 28x
What is the dependent and which is the independent variable
in this case?
[solution to
practice]