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it depends on what you want to do like distance and time on a line graph it does not madder

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Does day go on the y axis and does time go on the x axis?

No, day goes on the x axis and time goes on the y axis.


How do you graph independent and dependent variables?

Independent = input a.k.a. x-value Dependent = output a.k.a. y-value Dependent variables go on y axis. Independent variables go on x axis. Time is almost always independent and that is why it nearly always on x axis. Time doesn't depend on anything in most experiments. But many things depend on it. Those will go on the y axis. If you have an object cooling, we plot a temperature time graph. The temperature (y axis) is dependent on the time (x axis) but not the other way round. If you consider the area of a parachute and its time of flight, then time depends on the area and so time being dependent on the area goes on the y axis. So in short: the independent variable is what you can control and goes on the x- axis. the dependent variable is what results from the experiment and goes on the y-axis.


Is plotted on the x-axis on a time distance graph?

Time is plotted on the HORIZONTAL axis. That may or may not be the x-axis. If I choose to call the distance X, then X will be plotted on the vertical axis!


On a graph why does the time go on the x axis?

It does not have to. The independent variable, if there is any, usually goes on the x axis. Since time, particularly for time series, is often an independent variable, it goes on the x axis. However, if I were studying the time interval between the oldest and youngest sibling (brother or sister) in families of different size, I would plot the family size on the x axis and time on the y axis. In this case, the family size is the independent variable and the time [interval] the dependent.


How do you decide which variable should be on the x-axis or y-axis in a graph?

Usually the variable placed on the x-axis will be the known values to which you want to correlate the unknown variable on the y-axis. Usually sequential information such as sample number or date or time will be placed on the x-axis as well.

Related questions

Does day go on the y axis and does time go on the x axis?

No, day goes on the x axis and time goes on the y axis.


Does height go on the x-axis or the y- axis?

height should be on the x-axis


How can we use graphs to describe motion?

Plot distance vs time. Distance should be the y-axis, time the x-axis


Which way do the x-axis and the y-axis go on a bar graph?

The X axis is the horizontal line. The Y axis is the vertical line.


Which variable should you place along the x-axis and which variable should you place along the y-axis?

X goes on the x-axis, and y goes on the y-axis....


What axis does the independent go on?

The x - axis


How do you graph independent and dependent variables?

Independent = input a.k.a. x-value Dependent = output a.k.a. y-value Dependent variables go on y axis. Independent variables go on x axis. Time is almost always independent and that is why it nearly always on x axis. Time doesn't depend on anything in most experiments. But many things depend on it. Those will go on the y axis. If you have an object cooling, we plot a temperature time graph. The temperature (y axis) is dependent on the time (x axis) but not the other way round. If you consider the area of a parachute and its time of flight, then time depends on the area and so time being dependent on the area goes on the y axis. So in short: the independent variable is what you can control and goes on the x- axis. the dependent variable is what results from the experiment and goes on the y-axis.


Is plotted on the x-axis on a time distance graph?

Time is plotted on the HORIZONTAL axis. That may or may not be the x-axis. If I choose to call the distance X, then X will be plotted on the vertical axis!


On a graph why does the time go on the x axis?

It does not have to. The independent variable, if there is any, usually goes on the x axis. Since time, particularly for time series, is often an independent variable, it goes on the x axis. However, if I were studying the time interval between the oldest and youngest sibling (brother or sister) in families of different size, I would plot the family size on the x axis and time on the y axis. In this case, the family size is the independent variable and the time [interval] the dependent.


How do you decide which variable should be on the x-axis or y-axis in a graph?

Usually the variable placed on the x-axis will be the known values to which you want to correlate the unknown variable on the y-axis. Usually sequential information such as sample number or date or time will be placed on the x-axis as well.


Does the x axis go first when writing the to cordinates?

the x axis come first then the y axis


What axis does the independent variable go on?

x-axis