1.International travel and business require the conversion of American dollars into foreign currency. During part of 2005, one American dollar was worth 6 Croatian Kuna. Robin converts x dollars into y kuna. Which expression is the independent variable in this situation?

2.International travel and business require the conversion of American dollars into foreign currency. During part of 2005, one American dollar was worth 6 Croatian Kuna. Jakov converts n kuna into c dollars. Which expression is the dependent variable in this situation?

Question

1.International travel and business require the conversion of American dollars into foreign currency. During part of 2005, one American dollar was worth 6 Croatian Kuna. Robin converts x dollars into y kuna. Which expression is the independent variable in this situation?

2.International travel and business require the conversion of American dollars into foreign currency. During part of 2005, one American dollar was worth 6 Croatian Kuna. Jakov converts n kuna into c dollars. Which expression is the dependent variable in this situation?

anonymous · Answer

1.
The independent variable is the one that we control.
Which one do you think?
2.
Dependent variable means that we can't "control" it.
It's value depends of the the value of another variable.

So, What do you think?

anonymous · Answer

Well for the second question that would not make to much sense because you re looking for a certain word but idk.

anonymous · Answer

1st:
Independent: x dollars
Dependent: y kunas

2nd:
Independent: n kuna
Dependentt: c dollars

Any doubt?

anonymous · Answer

Thanks for that medal!
Any doubt?