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To find the rate of change on a table: the input is X and the output is Y (the left side is X and the right is Y). The formula for the rate of change is: Change of the dependent variable over change of independent variable or y over x. ^^^ I understood NONE of that...
An independent variable doesn't depend on anything else in the equation. YOU get to decide what it is, and it can be whatever you want. That's why it's called "independent" ... the only thing it depends on is YOUR whim.
When graphing in science, the independent variable is the variable graphed on the x-axis; the dependent variable is the variable graphed on the y-axis. To determine the name of the variable, one only needs to find the variable changed by the other variable and the variable remaining unaffected by the other variable. For example, someone wanted to find the the increased temperature of water over a stove during a period of time. Since increasing water temperature cannot affect time and increasing time can affect the water becomes the dependent variable and time becomes the independent variable.
in a experiment, the factor that is deliberately manipulatedAn independent variable is the variable that changes and the dependant variables are the variables that don't change. So that would mean that the independent variable is typically the variable being manipulated or changed and the dependent variable is the observed result of the independent variable being manipulated.An independent variable is a variable in an experiment that is changed to test a hypothesis. The dependent variable relies on the change of the independent variable to change itself.