The terms dependent and independent variables are used mostly in mathematics and statistics. The difference between a dependent and independent variable is that these to variables are used to distinguish between two different terms or variables. The independent variable is the one that will be changed in the experiment and the dependent variable will be the one to be observed to see how it is
. effected by the independent variables change. The independent variable is usually located on the y-axis and the dependent variable usually lies on the x-axis.
