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Identify dependent & independent variables

You are buying boxes of cookies at a bakery. Each box of cookies costs $4\$4. In the graph below, cc represents the number of boxes of cookies you buy, and dd represents the amount the cookies will cost you (in dollars).
The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the following equation:
d=4cd=4c.
Suppose the boxes of cookies cost you $80\$80.
How many boxes of cookies did you buy?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
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