Over summer vacation, Leroy has to read a novel for English class. He has decided to spend the same amount of time reading every day. The number of hours he spends reading every day will determine how many days it will take him to finish the book.h= the number of hours Leroy spends reading every dayd= the number of days it will take Leroy to finish reading the bookWhich of the variables is independent and which is dependent?Choices:(A) h is the independent variable and d is the dependent variable(B) d is the independent variable and h is the dependent variable
Q. Over summer vacation, Leroy has to read a novel for English class. He has decided to spend the same amount of time reading every day. The number of hours he spends reading every day will determine how many days it will take him to finish the book.h= the number of hours Leroy spends reading every dayd= the number of days it will take Leroy to finish reading the bookWhich of the variables is independent and which is dependent?Choices:(A) h is the independent variable and d is the dependent variable(B) d is the independent variable and h is the dependent variable
Analyze relationship: Step 1: Analyze the relationship between h and d. Leroy decides how many hours, h, to read each day, and this choice influences how many days, d, it will take to finish the book.
Identify independent variable: Step 2: Identify the independent variable. Since h is chosen by Leroy and does not depend on d, h is the independent variable.
Identify dependent variable: Step 3: Identify the dependent variable. The number of days, d, needed to finish the book depends on how many hours per day, h, Leroy reads. Therefore, d is the dependent variable.
Select correct answer: Step 4: Select the correct answer based on the analysis. Since h is the independent variable and d is the dependent variable, the correct choice is (A) h is the independent variable and d is the dependent variable.
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