SOLUTION: how do you decide which variablleshould be on the x-axis and which should be on the y-axis

Question 99283: how do you decide which variablleshould be on the x-axis and which should be on the y-axis
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
by convention, the independent variable is on the horizontal (x) axis

and the dependent variable is on the vertical (y) axis

the cost of a chain depends on the length of the chain, so the length would be the x value and the cost would be the y value
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