Question

On your math quiz, you earn 555 points for each question that you answer correctly. In the equation below, xxx represents the number of questions that you answer correctly on your math quiz, and yyy represents the total number of points that you score on your quiz.

The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the following equation:
y=5xy=5xy, equals, 5, x
Identify the dependent and independent variables.

Answer 1

The independent variable would be the number of questions you answer correctly

The dependent variable would be the total amount of points you score

Explanation:

The independent variable is the variable that you can change, while the dependent variable is the variable being measured from the change, think of it like cause and effect, independent = cause, dependent = effect.

The number of questions you answer correctly would be your cause (independent), which changes the total amount of points (dependent)