If x causes changes in y, for example 23x3 =y then x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable.
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It is called a variable.
In simplest terms, a dependent variable is the a variable that depends on another variable.For example, if you are doing a biology lab, you may measure the length of time you leave something in acid with the change that it makes in the mass of an object. The change in mass is a variable, and it is dependent on the length of time you leave the object in the acid - so it is the dependent variable.
It is a situation in which a variable changes by the same amount for a fixed change over in time (or in another variable).
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