SOLUTION: Find the dependent variable in the situation, "You are selling books for $4 each to raise money for a trip." a. cost of trip b. price per book c. #of books d. total amo

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Question 1169621: Find the dependent variable in the situation, "You are selling books for $4 each to raise money for a trip."
a. cost of trip
b. price per book
c. #of books
d. total amount of money raised
e. date of trip
Found 2 solutions by Theo, MathLover1:
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
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if you let x equal the number of books, then y = 4x.

the independent variable is x which is the number of books sold.
the dependent variable is y which is the total amount of money raised for the trip.

the answer is in the statement ".....to raise money for a trip."

the price per book needs to be multiplied by the number of books to get the total amount of money raised for the trip.

x is just a variable used to represent the number of books.

once you know the value of x, you know the amount of money raised for the trip.

Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

"You are selling books for $each to raise money for a trip."
If you get $ for every book you complete, the total amount of money () earned equals $ times the number of books ( sold.
That gives you the equation
Notice that the amount of money you'll earn, , depends on the number of books sold. Since it depends on other variables, it's the variable.
so depends on
your answer is:
d. total amount of money raised