Pounds is a unit. Amount of pounds sold could be an independent variable (and money made being the dependent variable). On the other hand, amount of pounds sold could be the dependent variable, and time could be the dependent variable. Pounds is just a unit.
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The independent variable.
the dependent variable changes with the independent variable. the independent variable only changes when changed by the experimenter. Time is usually an independent variable.
An independent variable is a factor that doesn't rely on anything, unlike the dependent variable (which relies on the independent variable). The most common independent variable is time.
The independent variable is the variable which you change. It is not changed by any outside factors and so is independent of them.The dependent variable is the variable which is changed by the independent variable changing and which you measure. It is dependent on another variable.
When you do an experiment the variable you control is the independent variable, and the variable you measure is the dependent variable.