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Graphing Relations: Mastery Test
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Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Determine the dependence between the quantities for the given graph.
Package Delivery
Charges
Total Cost ($)
Weight of the Package
(in pounds)
The
depends on the

The cost per package depends on the weight of the package.

We know that a dependent variable is one which depends on some other variable or the value of the variable is calculated corresponding to the independent variable.

Generally we consider the values on the y-axis or the vertical axis as the dependent values because they are dependent upon the x-value or the value on the horizontal axis.

Here from the graph we may observe that the cost of the package depends on the weight of the package.

The total cost depends on the weight of the pacakge

the total cost depends on the weight of the package