Line graphs that indicate time along the x-axis can be used to predict what would happen to dependent variables in an experiment at a later point in time

A time-based line graph can be extended to predict later values when the experiment continues in the same way. This assumes the conditions affecting the dependent variable do not change. The line does not need to trend only upward or downward, and introducing a new variable could change the pattern.

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