Mr. Bailey decides to do an experiment to see if different types of popcorn pop faster in the microwave. The TV commercials say that popalicious is the fastest popping popcorn in the world. Mr. Bailey's hypothesis was, "if i pop jiffy pop, popalicious, and pop-tastic popcorn in a microwave, then the popalicious will pop faster because the commercial says so. "he takes jiffy pop, popalicious, and pop-tastic and places them each in the microwave for 2 minutes. After two minutes is up, he counts the number of popped kernels in the bag. After three trials, jiffy pop had an average of 256 popped kernels, popalicious had an average of 341 popped kernels, and pop-tastic had an average of 357 popped kernels. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

In this specific scenario, the independent variable would be the popcorn brand. This is simply because the popcorn itself does not depend on the microwave or any other factor of the experiment for better results. Instead, it is the microwave that depends on the popcorn brands to affect the overall outcome of how many kernels were popped. Therefore in this scenario, the microwave is the dependant variable while the popcorn is the independent variable.

topeadeniran2 topeadeniran2 · Answer 2 · 2021-12-03T11:55:33+01:00

The independent variable in this experiment will be popcorn.

An independent variable is simply the variable that the researcher thinks is the cause. It should be noted that in an experiment, the independent variable is always manipulated.

The dependent variable is seen as the effect. The independent variable in this experiment will be popcorn. It is the variable that the researcher is manipulating.

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