A basketball player makes an average of 10 points for every 15 shots taken. Each shot made by the player is a 2-point shot. The variables in this situation are the number of 2-point shots taken and the number of points made.

Question

What is the independent variable

Answer 1

The independent variable in this situation is the number of 2-point shots taken by the basketball player. The independent variable is the variable that is intentionally changed or manipulated in order to observe its effect on the dependent variable, which is the number of points made by the player. In this case, the player decides how many 2-point shots they take, and this is the variable that we are interested in studying and analyzing its relationship to the number of points made.

Answer 2