Question

A grown man will burn roughly 120 calories for each mile run. How many calories will be burned when a grown man runs 6.5 miles (that is info for my questions)my questions:
What is the independent quantity?
What is the dependent quantity?
Write an eqaution to solve the problem?
And Solve the eqaution?

Answer 1

Answer:

The independent quantity is 120, as it will never change.

The dependent quantity is x, or 6.5 in this case, because that number will vary

120x = y. Where x is the amount of miles ran, and y is the total calories burned

Since we know that x=6.5, we can replace x for 6.5.

120(6.5)=y

780=y