Question

julieta has joined the frequent coffee buyer program with a local cafe. the program costs $10 per month which allows her to get a discounted coffee price of $1.00 per cup. answer the questions below regarding the relationship between the number of cups of coffee purchased and the total monthly cost. answer attempt 1 out of 2 the independent variable x represents the, and the dependent variable is the, because the depends on the.

Explanation:

In this context, the independent variable is what we can control or what changes freely, and the dependent variable depends on the independent one. Here, the number of cups of coffee purchased (x) is what Julieta can choose, and the total monthly cost depends on how many cups she buys (since the cost is the monthly program fee plus the cost per cup times the number of cups). So the independent variable \( x \) represents the number of cups of coffee purchased, the dependent variable is the total monthly cost, because the total monthly cost depends on the number of cups of coffee purchased.

Answer:

The independent variable \( x \) represents the number of cups of coffee purchased, and the dependent variable is the total monthly cost, because the total monthly cost depends on the number of cups of coffee purchased.