document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=614621>Question 614621</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This question has been answered previously but I'm doubting the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the independent and dependent? See below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of people attending the event decreases with the total cost for tickets. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the number of people attending the event decreases with the total cost for tickets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i'm not exactly sure what this means.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i would assume it means that, as the price of each ticket goes up, the number of people attending goes down.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the independent variable in this case would be the price of each ticket.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the dependent variable would be the number of people attending.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you take the statement to mean:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if the price remains the same, then the less number of people who attend the event, the less money is made, then you would switch around the dependent and independent variable.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in that case, the independent variable is the number of people who attend and the dependent variable is the amount of money collected.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the independent variable is that one that is changed outside the equation.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that means that it's value doesn't dependent on the other variables in the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the dependent variable depends on the value of the other variables in the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i can tell you that y = x^2 and that the independent variable is x because the value of y depends on the value of x and i choose what values of x i want to consider.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you change the equation around and solve for x, you get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = +/- square root of y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now, if i choose the values of y to plug into the equation, then the independent variable becomes y and the dependent variable becomes x because x now depends on the value of y in the equation.<BR>\n" );
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