A restaurant allows customers to make a salad by selecting from a variety of items. Each salad costs the customer $2.00 plus $5.00 per pound of selected items. Let C represent the total cost of the salad, and x represent the pounds of selected items. The equation shown can be used to
represent the situation.

C = 5x + 2

Choose two correct statements about the variables in this situation.

A The independent variable is the total cost of the salad.
B. The independent variable is the number of pounds of selected items.
C. The number of pounds of selected items depends on the total cost of the salad.
D. The total cost of a customer's salad depends on the number of pounds of selected items.