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maggie is monitoring the number of fish in a fish breeding center. the table below shows the number of fish with respect to the number of months elapsed.

number of months 0 1 2 3 4
number of fish 1,024 1,280 1,600 2,000 2,500
the independent variable in the relationship is and should be placed on .

the dependent variable in the relationship is and should be placed on .