you are conducting an experiment to measure the gain in mass of a young mouse over a ten-week period.in constructing a graph to represent your data, which variable should you place along the x-axis and which variable should you place along the y-axis? Explain your answer
2007-10-03 18:34:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
x is the independent, (what you control) time in weeks or days. y is the dependent variable(what you have no control over)
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2007-10-03 18:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by tyler8x6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The y-axis gets the data that represents the independent variable - whatever you measure, count, or record.
2007-10-04 01:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
time on the x-axis (bottom) and weight on the y-axis (left side)
the bottom should be a variable that is fixed (unchangeable...time), whereas the y-axis variable can be fluctuable, such as the mouse's weight.
Not sure how to give a good "explanation", but it lends itself nicely to a line graph.
2007-10-04 01:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by David P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋