A parent is using a garden hose to fill up a small inflatable pool for her young child. The pool has a capacity of 90 gallons. She turns the water off after 5 minutes, but leaves the hose in the pool for another 3 minutes before putting it away.

In this situation, the relationship between the gallons of water in the pool and the 8 minutes since the parent started filling the pool can be seen as a function.

In that function, which variable is independent? Which one is dependent?

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The relationship between the gallons of water in the pool and the 8 minutes since the parent started filling the pool can be seen as a function is ''the total amount of water depends on how long the hose is left on''.

Time is the independent variable.

The amount of water per minute is the dependent variable.

Given

A parent is using a garden hose to fill up a small inflatable pool for her young child.

The pool has a capacity of 90 gallons.

She turns the water off after 5 minutes but leaves the hose in the pool for another 3 minutes before putting it away.

What is the independent variable?

Independent variables are the variables that the experimenter changes to test their dependent variable.

What is the dependent variable?

A change in the independent variable directly causes a change in the dependent variable.

1. The relationship between the gallons of water in the pool and the 8 minutes since the parent started filling the pool can be seen as a function is ''the total amount of water depends on how long the hose is left on''.

2. Time is the independent variable.

3. Amount of water per minute is the dependent variable.

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