CAN SOMEONE PLS HELP ME?
adrienne had a party at a local swimming pool. she spent $50 for a pavillion and admission, and let p be the number of people at her party. write an equation to represent the problem. which is the independent variable? explain.

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CAN SOMEONE PLS HELP ME?
adrienne had a party at a local swimming pool. she spent $50 for a pavillion and admission, and let p be the number of people at her party. write an equation to represent the problem. which is the independent variable? explain.

anonymous · Answer

Welcome to openstudy! 
I can help you, but I'd rather let you understand the answer instead of just giviing it to you.   If Adrienne SPENT $50- she used (-50). Also, an independent variable is something that will happen no matter what, therefore the dependent variable depends on that. (ex: time will go on no matter what, and the rainfall is depending on the time going on, time is independent and rainfall is dependent)...