Question

Victoria is baking muffins for her class. The number of muffins she makes is based on how many classmates she has. For this equation, m is the number of muffins and c is the number of classmates. Which variable is independent and which variable is dependent?

Answer 1

Here, the number of muffins made by Victoria is based on the classmates she has.

As the number of classmates (c) doesnt have any dependence with the muffins, it is the independent variable.

While, as the number of muffins (m) is purely dependent on the number of classmates, m is the dependent variable.