8. Understand Dependent and Independent Variables
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Which variable causes a change in the other variable?
Independent Variable: Sold raffle tickets ,t
Dependent Variable: Money earned ,m
Selling more raffle tickets causes the amount of money earned to increase. In other words, the amount of money earned depends on the amount of raffle tickets that are sold. Therefore, the amount of raffle tickets that are sold t is the independent variable, and the amount of money earned m is the dependent variable.