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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.
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
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Number of Months & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\
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Number of Fish & 1,024 & 1,280 & 1,600 & 2,000 & 2,500 \\
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\end{tabular}
The independent variable in the relationship is the number of months [tex]$\square$[/tex] and should be placed on the [tex]$x$[/tex]-axis [tex]$\square$[/tex].
The dependent variable in the relationship is the number of fish [tex]$\square$[/tex] and should be placed on the [tex]$y$[/tex]-axis [tex]$\square$[/tex].