Question

Which of these is most likely a pair of independent variables? a person’s income and savings the price of steel and the price of a car the price of vegetables and the price of vegetable soup the price of a cell phone and the price of a penthouse

Answer 1

Independent variables are things that can stand alone. Which set of these variables does not rely on each other?  For example the income and savings. I want 1,000,000 in my savings account, however my income is not nearly that high since I only make 19,000. Look at the other pairs and see if there is a correlation between them. 

Answer 2

Answer: Fourth option is correct.

Explanation:

Independent variables are those variables in which two events are occurred irrespective of one another.

The occurrence of one event does not affect the another event.

According to options :

a person’s income and savings is dependent variables because savings of any individual is completely dependent upon his income.

Price of a car is dependent upon the price of steel which it is made up of.

Price of vegetable soup is dependent upon the price of vegetables.

Price of cell phone is not dependent upon the price of a penthouse.

So, they are independent variables.

Hence, Fourth option is correct.