Ethan repairs household appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators. For each visit, he charges $25 plus $20 per hour of work. A linear equation that expresses the total amount of money Ethan earns per visit is y = 25 + 20x. What is the independent variable, and what is the dependent variable?

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Greta Nelson

14 October, 01:02

Ethan repairs household appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators. For each visit, he charges $25 plus $20 per hour of work. A linear equation that expresses the total amount of money Ethan earns per visit is y = 25 + 20x. What is the independent variable, and what is the dependent variable?

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Ayden · Answer 1

Answer:the independent variable is x, the number of hours of work.

The dependent variable is y, the total charge for x hours of work.

Step-by-step explanation:

A change in the value of the independent variable causes a corresponding change in the value of in dependent variable. Thus, the dependent variable is is output while the independent variable is the input

For each visit, he charges $25 plus $20 per hour of work. The linear expression that represents the total amount of money that Ethan earns per visit is y = 25 + 20x.

Since the total amount charged, y depends on the number of hours of work, x, it means that the dependent variable is y and the independent variable is x