I remember being told that the changing data are graphed on the vertical axis (y-axis) the horizontal axis(x-axis) is for data that is constant. I am not sure of the term 'independant variable' but it sounds like the constant data. michael · 8 years ago. Thumbs up. 4. Thumbs down. 4. Comment. Add a comment. Submit.
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Best Answer: If y is a function of x (Ex: y = 2x + 1), then x is the independent variable and y the dependent variable. This is the case most of the time. If x is a function of y (Ex: x = 2y - 1), then y is the independent variable and x is the dependent variable. Source(s): Son Gokū on the Flying Nimbus · 7 years ago. Thumbs up.
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The independent variable is the amount of light and the moth's reaction is the dependent variable. A change in the independent variable directly causes a change in the dependent variable. If the dependent and independent variables are plotted on a graph, the x-axis would be the independent variable and the y-axis would be the dependent variable.
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As long as the context is clear, any placement is valid. Note however that it is a convention to put the independent variable on the horizontal axis, and the dependent on the vertical. Any departure from this should be explicitly noted for clarity. You could even call the independent variable f, and note the function x is you want, and graph the function x(f)... it's just a notation, but you can see how thing could be played with, and how it could be made as obscure as one wishes... if that is what you want! :).
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exists and is an alternate of. Merge this question into. Split and merge into it. Answer by Narwhaler408. Confidence votes 117. It is supposed to go on the y-axis. Think of the y-axis as a flag pole and think of the x-axis as the ground. The ground can be independable. But you can't stand the flag up without land.
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independent variable is on x axis. think like months. they aren't what you are trying to find out, January is always January. They don't depend on anything. Dependent variables are what depend on something else to change. That'd be your y axis.
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In calculus, a function is typically graphed with the horizontal axis representing the independent variable and the vertical axis representing the dependent variable. In this function, y is the dependent variable and x is the independent variable. Variable used in an experiment or modelling can be divided into three types:  dependent variable ,  independent variable , or other. The dependent variable represents the output or effect, or is tested to see if it is the effect. The independent variable represents the input or cause, or is tested to see if it is the cause. Other variables may also be observed for various reasons.
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An independent variable is the variable that is changed in a scientific experiment. Independent variables are the variables that the experimenter changes to test their dependent variable. For example, a scientist is testing the effect of light and dark on the behavior of moths by turning a light on and off.
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1 The independent variable (time, in this case) will go on the x-axis (the one parallel to the bottom of the page), and the dependent variable (position, in this case) will go on the y-axis (parallel to the left hand side of the page). 2  So, draw axes that are big enough for all the data. ( 3 see example.).
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Dependent = output a.k.a. y-value Dependent variables go on y axis. Independent variables go on x axis. Time is almost always independent and that is why it nearly always on x axis. Time doesn't depend on anything in most experiments. But many things depend on it. Those will go on the y axis. If you have an object cooling, we plot a temperature time graph. The temperature (y axis) is dependent on the time (x axis) but not the other way round.
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does the independent or dependent variable go on the x-axis
The Independent variable goes on the X-axis. The independent variable go on the x-axis.