Question

Chris earns money working at the neighborhood grocery store. The table shows how much money he earned for four weeks.

Based on this information, which is the independent variable and the dependent variable?
A) Both money made and hours worked are dependent variables.
B) Both money made and hours worked are independent variables.
C) The independent variable is money made, and the dependent variable is hours.
D) The dependent variable is money made, and the independent variable is hours.

Answer 1

The answer is D because his money depends on how many hours he works.

Answer 2

D) The dependent variable is money made, and the independent variable is hours.

Explanation:

Chris earns money working at the neighborhood grocery store.

Earning money depends on the number of hours worked

Money earned will be calculated using the number of hours worked.

So money depends on the number of hours

here money is the dependent variable

Number of hours is the independent variable

option D) The dependent variable is money made, and the independent variable is hours.