Question

Selena is driving to visit her grandmother who lives 325 miles away from Selena's home. She travels an average of 60 miles per hour.

What is the independent variable?

Answer 1

The hours because the number of miles depends on the number of hours you drive.

Answer 2

The correct answer should be hours

Here's why: a variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another. Hope this helps!