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Identify dependent & independent variables

You are walking directly away from your house. You were 55 miles away from your house when you started walking, so you can determine your distance from your house by adding 55 to the number of miles you have walked. In the table below, xx represents the number of miles you have walked, and yy represents your distance from home in miles.
The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the following equation:
y=x+5y=x+5.
Suppose you end up 2222 miles away from home.
How many miles did you walk?
  • 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
miles
xxyy
0055
1166
2277
3388