It costs 4 dollars to rent bowling shoes at Fun Lanes Bowling. Each game of bowling costs 6 dollars. Salim wants to figure out how much it will cost him to bowl. He will need to rent shoes.

For this problem, let g be the number of games bowled, and let t be the total cost. Is g the dependent variable or the independent variable? Explain how you know.
PLZ HELP

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It costs 4 dollars to rent bowling shoes at Fun Lanes Bowling. Each game of bowling costs 6 dollars. Salim wants to figure out how much it will cost him to bowl. He will need to rent shoes. 

For this problem, let g be the number of games bowled, and let t be the total cost. Is g the dependent variable or the independent variable? Explain how you know. 
PLZ HELP

anonymous · Answer

I believe this statement would make the equation look like this----- 4+g=t (because $4 for the shoes, g for the games, and t for the total)

anonymous · Answer

And the total [t] is determined upon the value of [g]....sooooooo [g] is the independent variable! All done :)

anonymous · Answer

thank you!