Carmen recorded data about the number of yearbooks ordered at her school. She developed the function b(t) = -300(0.95)t + 300 to model the number of yearbooks ordered t days after order forms were distributed.
In Carmen’s function, time is the ______ variable and the total number of yearbooks ordered __________.
options for 1st blank. dependent , independent
options for 2nd blank. changes by a constant rate each year , changes by a constant factor each year.