Question

if the value of a changes in response to the value of b then b is the _____?

Answer 1

See now if this was history I could help you out gurl.

Answer 2

Lol, i know. You're like my life saver at history.

Answer 3

one possible correct response would be "b is the independent variable." As you have stated this algebra problem, "a is the dependent variable."
There may be other correct responses.

Answer 4

Well, this is like a vocab match thing, the best i could do for you is put all of the vocab words on here.