xHC0Barbi3x answered Thursday October 20 2005, 12:17 am: Well the independent and the dependent variables change. The independent changes something and the depenedent gets affected.
For example: The ammount of hours students study affects their test scores.
The independent would be the ammount of hours the student studies. & the test scores is the dependent because its getting changed by the independent.
russianspy1234 answered Wednesday October 19 2005, 11:52 pm: they both change, the independent variable is the one you change, or it goes from say -10 to 10 whereas the dependent variable is the one that changes in relation to the independent one, for example in the equation y=2x^2+5x=1 x is the independent variable and y is the dependent one [ russianspy1234's advice column | Ask russianspy1234 A Question ]
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