Independent variable is the one to be investigated; the one that will be changed to get results.
If you are still finding it too hard just keep this in your mind-- Independent variables answer the question "What do I change?" in an experiment. Dependent variables answer the question "What do I observe?"!
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Typically the horizontal axis represents the independent variable.
Independent Variable
The independent variable is on the x-axis.
Bar graphs are used when graphing a qualitative independent variable, but a line graph is used when the independent variable is quantitative. Also when you are comparing quantity of objects(bar graph)
on a line graph, the independent variable is plotted on the horizontal x- axis, and the dependent variable is plotted on the vertical y- axis.