Dorothy is interested in the relationship between how often she waters her plants and how many flowers they produce. What is true about the variable describing how often she waters her plants?
A) It is the origin.
B) It is the dependent variable.
C) It is the independent variable.
D) It is not a variable.

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The frequency of watering the plants is the independent variable because it is the variable that Dorothy manipulates or changes to see its effect on the number of flowers produced, which would be the dependent variable.

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