Question

Joe earned $400 doing yard work this week. He charged $20 to mow a lawn and $10 to weed a garden. The equation 20m + 10w = 400 represents how much work Joe did this week, where m is the number of lawns Joe mowed and w is the number of gardens he weeded.

Which variable is the independent variable?



A.


m


B.


w


C.
There is no relationship between the variables.

Answer 1

is there a picture?

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

@mathman123

Answer 4

I say the answer is C because one variable can rise and fall and the and it wouldn't affect the other variable.