For his science project, austin wants to determine if the ph of standing rainwater changes over time. he collects rainwater and distributes it evenly in 5 jars and places them all indoors in a spot that does not receive a lot of sunlight to limit evaporation. using a ph testing kit, he measures the ph of the water in the first jar on the 4th day, second jar on the 8th day, third jar on the 12th day, fourth jar on the 16th day and fifth jar on the 20th day. what is the independent, or manipulated, variable in austin’s experiment? a the number of days the rainwater is allowed to sit b the amount of sunlight c the change in the amount of rainwater due to evaporation d the change in ph of the rainwater over time

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step-by-step explanation:

unless you made a typo, the answers are both a and c.

step-by-step explanation:

1.5/3 is .5 whereas 3/9 is .3333333 not proportional

22/33 is .66666 and 4/6 is also .66666 proportional

2/4 is .5 whereas 142/213 is .66666 not proportional

14/7 is 2 and 7/3.5 is also 2 proportional

you could've also checked it by doing this simple division:

if the larger fraction divides with the smaller fraction to equal 1, it is proportional. so let me show you what i mean:

when i divide 22/33 by 4/6 i get 1, so we know it is proportional, and it is the same with 14/7 and 7/3.5. now if i divide 3/9 by 1.5/3 i get .66666 so therefore we know it is not proportional.

there are many ways to do this so i wanted to show you some possible ways.