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Identifying Variables in Email Backlog Models

As an IT helpdesk manager, you use the equation N(t)=75+10tN(t) = 75 + 10t to model the number of unread emails (NN) accumulating in the support queue over tt days of a system outage. Based on this mathematical model, state which variable is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable.

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