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To determine the cost of a meal, the restaurant considers the quantity of the meal, the number of toppings, and the types of spices. Which of the following is the dependent variable?

A. Size of meal

B. Cost of meals

C. Type of spices

D. Number of toppings

Answer Explanation:

A dependent variable changes with any change made in an independent variable. From this case, cost of meals depends on other three options. In other words, the quantity of meal, number of toppings, and types of spices influence the cost of the meal.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.

More Questions on TEAS 7 Math

  • Q #1: A bag contains two green balls, three red balls, and seven yellow balls. If one ball is randomly selected from the ball, which of the following is the probability that the ball is yellow?

    A. 7/12

    B. ¼

    C. ½

    D. 1/6

    Answer Explanation

    The probability of finding the probability of a yellow ball is given by

    Total number of balls in the bag=2+3+7=12 balls

    The probability of drawing a yellow ball from the bag is 7/12.

  • Q #2: The length of a rectangular room is 8 feet greater than its width. Which of the following equations represents the area (A) of the room?

    A. A = w(w+8)

    B. A = 2w+2(w+8)

    C. A = 5(w+8)

    D. A = w+(w+8)

    Answer Explanation

    To find the area of the room, we form an equation of find an equation relating the length and width of the rectangle. If we let the width of the room to be w, then

    Width of the rectangle= w

    Length of rectangle=(w+8)

    Area of the rectangle, A= Length*width=(w+8)*w

    A=w(w+8)

    Thus, the area of the rectangular room is w(w+8).

  • Q #3: A child has a bottle full of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are six as many quarters as pennies, two times as many as nickels as pennies, and 5 times as many dimes as nickels. How many more dimes does the child have than nickels?

    A. 4 times as many

    B. 5 times as many

    C. 20 times as many

    D. 10 times as many

    Answer Explanation

     In this problem, we need to compare the number of dimes to quarters.

    If we let p be number of pennies in the bottle. Then,

    Number of quarters in the bottle = 6p

    Number of nickels in the bottle = 2p

    Number of dimes in the bottle =5(2p)=10p

    Now relating dimes to nickels, we have

    Thus, there are 5 times as many dimes as quarters in the box.