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Okay so what is a independent variable

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An independent variable (in science) is a variable that is changed or controlled in order to see what effect it has.

An independent variable (in math) is a variable that represents a quantity that is being manipulated in an experiment.

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lol idk how to explain this step-by-step so ima just say examples of independent variables are age and time, they're independent of everything else.

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Hello There!

In an experiment, The independent variable is the variable that the person doing the experiment changes on purpose so they can see if it affects another variable in the experiment. Independent variables are also called "The Manipulated Variables"

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