Adrienne had a pizza party at a local arcade. She spent for pizza and per person for games. Let c be the total cost of pizza and games, and let p be the number of people at her party. Write an equation to represent the problem. Which is the dependent variable? Explain.

Question

Adrienne had a pizza party at a local arcade. She spent  for pizza and  per person for games. Let c be the total cost of pizza and games, and let p be the number of people at her party. Write an equation to represent the problem. Which is the dependent variable? Explain.

anonymous · Answer

c is the dependent variable because the total cost depends on the amount of people attending.
c = (amount spent per person)p