Question

Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to describe the rate at which water flows out through a standard household faucet?


Gallons per minute, because the independent quantity is volume of water in gallons and dependent quantity is time in minutes



Gallons per minute, because the independent quantity is time in minutes and dependent quantity is volume of water in gallons

Answer 1

b, because time does not depend on water passing through the faucet to have effect.
Its like saying how much oxygen depends on you drowning.
the accumulates based on time not the other way around, kind of like how much oxygen you have effects how close you are to drowning

Answer 2

Thank you so much for the help and explaining why I appreciate it :)

Answer 3

and even though that is a little confusing, the main point is time does not stop if the water stops flowing. you are welcome :D