Juan wanted to determine what effect vitamins would have on the amount of time his hamster ran in his wheel. When setting up his experiment, which variable is the dependent or tested variable?
a. the number of vitamins given the hamster
b. the wheel
c. the number of days
d. hours per day spent running in the wheel

Question

Juan wanted to determine what effect vitamins would have on the amount of time his hamster ran in his wheel. When setting up his experiment, which variable is the dependent or tested variable?
a. the number of vitamins given the hamster
b. the wheel
c. the number of days
d. hours per day spent running in the wheel

anonymous · Answer

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xmissalycatx · Answer

A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment. The dependent variable responds to the independent variable. It is called dependent because it "depends" on the independent variable.

xmissalycatx · Answer

I have to go so I'm hoping this helped you a little..