John brings reusable shopping bags from home whenever he goes to the store. The number of bags he brings is based on how many products are on his shopping list.b = the number of bags John brings to the storep = the number of products on John's shopping listWhich of the variables is independent and which is dependent?Choices:(A) b is the independent variable and p is the dependent variable(B) p is the independent variable and b is the dependent variable
Q. John brings reusable shopping bags from home whenever he goes to the store. The number of bags he brings is based on how many products are on his shopping list.b = the number of bags John brings to the storep = the number of products on John's shopping listWhich of the variables is independent and which is dependent?Choices:(A) b is the independent variable and p is the dependent variable(B) p is the independent variable and b is the dependent variable
Determine Relationship: Determine the relationship between the two variables. The number of bags John brings is influenced by the number of products on his shopping list. This implies that the number of products is the cause and the number of bags is the effect.
Identify Independent Variable: Identify the independent variable. The independent variable is the one that is not affected by the other variable. In this case, the number of products on John's shopping list does not depend on how many bags he brings, so p is the independent variable.
Identify Dependent Variable: Identify the dependent variable. The dependent variable is the one that is affected by the independent variable. Since the number of bags John brings depends on the number of products on his shopping list, b is the dependent variable.
Choose Correct Answer: Choose the correct answer choice based on the identification of independent and dependent variables. Since p is the independent variable and b is the dependent variable, the correct choice is (B)p is the independent variable and b is the dependent variable.
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