Question 979977
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Whatever you define them to mean.  Generally, *[tex \Large x] is the independent variable and *[tex \Large y] is the dependent variable, and you have an equation that shows *[tex \Large y] depending on the value of *[tex \Large x].  But "the relationship between thing 1 and thing 2" does not give us a clue about the desired dependency relationship.  Had the question read something like: "she wants to see a relationship that gives total cost as a function of the number of games played" then you would be able to say, following convention, that *[tex \Large x] represents the number of games played and *[tex \Large y] represents the total cost.  However, your instructor cannot, in good conscience, tell you you are wrong whichever way you answer this question given the way the question was posed.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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