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Diabetics are advised not to eat ripe plantains but green ones instead. Plan and design an experiment to show if this is true.

!) What is an appropriate hypothesis for this?
Help me design a method
2) Can you please help with the Variables (controlled, responding and manipulating
That's all! thank you so very much

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I want you to try coming up with a hypotheisis and i'll help you correct it afterwards

Answer 2

Mrs Alli , a diabetic ,notices that when she tests her glucose in her blood after consuming ripe plantain , it was higher compared to when she consumes green plantain Pooja195

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@pooja195

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ripen plantain contain more glucose the green plantain @Nanda_mukhram

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^ I agree. @sikinder

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diabetics should avoid sugar...ripe fruits have more amount of sugars than the green ones. so this could be the hypothesis.

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@Nanda_mukhram

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Thank you. @pooja195

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lol we still haven't done part 2

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Have you found them or do you need help

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I need help wit method /procedure how to go about doing this lab @pooja195

Answer 12

What do you mean? Can you explain it a little better

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I mean how I can actually design a method as to how test the hypothesis
@pooja195

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oh well you would need the varibles right? Can you identify them

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Um control variable : the amount of Benedict's solution tht will be used.

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yeah

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Manipulated will be the type of plantain used

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I don't know what is the responding variable but i think it will be the reducing sugar

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@pooja195

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yes all are correct

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so we can start the method

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yes start it off

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2 g of each plantain was weighted with electronic balance.

Answer 24

ok keep going :)

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2. samples were minced with knife and then be ground for 5min. with 25 cm3 of 60oC water in mortar separately.

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yep you have that part

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3. Boiling tubes were labeled as follow .. ripe and green plantain

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4. extracts were filtered through 2 layers of muslin cloth into the above two labeled boiling tubes

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yes

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By use of measuring cylinder and pipettes, the filtered extracts, water, Benedict’s solution and iodine solution were transferred into the following labeled test tubes respectively

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yes

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* ​Test tubes I4 was the control to show no contamination in water and iodine solution and the colour change of iodine solution is due to the presence of starch in extracts.

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6. Record the initial observations of Benedict’s test and the colour changes of iodine tes

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the test tubes for Benedict’s test (B1-B3) and control of Benedict’s test (B4) were boiled in water bath for 5 mins

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the test tubes were removed from water bath and were allowed to stand for 20 mins in test tube rack.

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