John wants to study whether a larger number of laptops available to students at his school lead to higher grades.Choose the independent and dependent variable.

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The independent variable is the one that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable. In this case, the number of laptops available to students is the independent variable because John is studying how changes in this variable affect the dependent variable, which is the students' grades.

John Wants to Study Whether a Larger Number of Laptops