Question

The cost to rent a moving truck is a flat fee of $25 plus $0.60 per mile. The equation c = 25 + 0.6m models the cost, c, in dollars for the number of miles, m, traveled in the truck.

Identify the independent and dependent variables.

The
is the independent variable.

The
is the dependent variable.

Answer 1

The number of miles m is independent variable. The cost c is dependent one since we can interpret it as function of m:

$c(m) =25+0.6m$