Question

What is the difference between the independent and dependent variable in an experiment?

Answer 1

google much? first link under "independent and dependent variable"...

Answer 2

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I would like someone to explain it to me

Answer 3

an independent variable is its own variable it doesnt rely on anything else to be a variable were as a dependent variable is a variable that depends on changes in the independent variable

Answer 4

Alright so what you're saying is that the dependent variable depends on the independent variable?

Answer 5

say your using fertelizer to grow your crops the dependent variable would be the plant growth because it relies on the independent variable which is the fertalizer

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

So how would we explain this in terms of graphs?

Answer 8

Btw thanks for helping me out

Answer 9

no problem i saw it was older and hoped you would see

Answer 10

in math it would be something like 2x-8=12 the independent variable would be 12 and the dependent would be x because the ending number can change were as x relys on the other information in the equasion in order to be a value

Answer 11

because its value changes depending on the rest of the equasion

Answer 12

like if i change 12 to 16 then the value of x would now be 24 instead of 20 because i changed the independent variable

Answer 13

hope this helped

Answer 14

Okay cool so in terms of x and y axis. Plant growth would be on the y axis and the amount of fertilizer would be on the x axis?

Answer 15

EXACTLY

Answer 16

you got it

Answer 17

the plant growth depends on fertilizer.