Acar company offers financing to its customers. for the newest model, customers can pay $2000 down and then $250 a month. write an equation for this situation. what does the independent variable represent? what does the dependent variable represent? a. y = 250x + 2000; the independent variable, x, represents the amount of money paid on the car and the dependent variable, y, represents the number of months after buying the car. b. y = 2000x + 250; the independent variable, x, represents the amount of money paid on the car and the dependent variable, y, represents the number of months after buying the car. c. y = 250x + 2000; the independent variable, x, represents the number of months after buying the car and the dependent variable, y, represents the amount of money paid on the car. d. y = 2000x + 250; the independent variable, x, represents the number of months after buying the car and the dependent variable, y, represents the amount of money paid on the car.