Practice problem

Dependent and Independent Variables - Definition & Examples

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Elise Molinaro
Victor Wang
Alex Federspiel
Joshua Siktar
Anusha Rahman

x-axis: time (years)
y-axis: distance (cm)
Line from (1,10) to (4,40) — Made using Desmos

Assume two tectonic plates move $10$ cm apart per year (represented by the graph above). Consider the point $(2, 20)$ . Identify the values of the independent and dependent variables at this point.