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The independent variable is the Flights of Stairs Climbed, (n). The dependent variable is the Elevation (E).
Words: Each time n increases by 1, E increases by 15. The total cost is the starting elevation plus fifteen times the number of flights of stairs climbed
Equation: $y=311+15x$
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