document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8255>Question 8255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Whats a independent and dependent variable </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4617 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=4617\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In an equation such as: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+2x+%2B+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+2x+%2B+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > the value of y depends on the value that you assign to x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since y depends on x, we call y the dependent variable and x the independent variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Whenever the value of one variable depends on the value assigned to another variable, the first variable is known as the dependent variable and the second variable is known as the independent variable. </SPAN>\n" );
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