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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Independent variables are known quantities such as time or the amount of a starting substance?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think it depends the context. an independent variable is something we can directly (or have decided to) control. for example, we can control the temperature of a heat bath, or the time we let a reaction run, or the amount of starting material.

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