I need help with rate of change...How do you know which variables are independent and dependent?

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anonymous · Answer

Ok so if the change for x is 2 each time,and each value of x is times 5,how do i figure out the rate of change @UnkleRhaukus ???

unklerhaukus · Answer

what is the other variable?

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1355735903015:dw| Thats teh table..I have it figured out that for each value of x ,y=5x...But is this teh rate of change?

unklerhaukus · Answer

ah. for a straight line y(x)

y=mx+b

where  
y is the dependent variable 
x is the independent variable

m is slope ( or rate of change )
b is the initial value

unklerhaukus · Answer

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