What is the difference bewteen an Independent and Dependent Variable?
In mathematics, an independent variable is any of the arguments, i.e. “inputs”, to a function. These are contrasted with the dependent variable, which is the value, i.e. the “output”, of the function. The dependent variable depends on the independent variables; hence the names. When there is only one independent variable and its values and those of the dependent variable are real numbers, then one conventionally draws the graph of the function with values of the independent variable on the horizontal axis—the x-axis—and the values of the dependent variable on the vertical axis—the y-axis (see Cartesian coordinates). In calculus, the identification of the independent and dependent variable is significant, since the rate of change, or derivative, of the dependent variable is calculated with respect to the independent variable. Experiments: In the design of experiments, independent variables, also called predictor variables, regressors, controlled variables, manipulated variables, or expl
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