Janet learned in science class that the amount of salt that can dissolve in a certain amount of water depends on the temperature of the water. she decides to do an experiment to test this.

she carefully adds salt, 100 mg at a time, to a cup of water and stirs until all the salt dissolves. when she has added so much salt that it will not dissolve after 5 minutes, she measures the temperature of the water. she records the temperature and the final amount of salt. she does this with cold water, cool water, room-temperature water, warm water, and hot water.

what is the test variable (independent variable) in this experiment?

answer: the price of one pound cabbage = $ 0.8

the point (10,8) represents that the cost of 10 pounds cabbage is $ 8

step-by-step explanation:

since, here is a proportional relation between the number of pounds of cabbage (x) and the price in dollars (y).

therefore, we can write,

⇒ y = k x

where k is the constant of proportionality.

now, point (5,4) is in the line.

thus, it will satisfies the above equation of line.

⇒ 4 = 5 k

⇒ k = 0.8

thus, the equation of the line is,

y = 0.8 x

a) for x = 1,

y = 0.8

therefore, the cost of one pound of cabbage is 0.8 dollars.

b) in the below graph (10,8) represents that the cost of 10 pounds of cabbage is 8 dollars.