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you are heating a solution and recording its temperature every 2 min during an experiment. which is your independent variable and which is your dependent variable

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An independent variable is the variable you are changing in order to measure the dependent variable, which is what you are measuring.

In this example, the

independent variable: chemicals in solution
dependent variable: temperature of solution
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