Question

the passage below describes an experiment. read the passage and then follow the instructions below. candice prepared ten buckets, each with one gallon of boiling water and three tablespoons of black fabric dye. candice soaked white linen fabric squares in five of the buckets, and white cotton fabric squares in the other five buckets. all of the fabric squares were soaked for 15 minutes. after the fabric dried, candice scored the darkness of the squares on a scale from light to dark. she compared the darkness of the linen fabric to the darkness of the cotton fabric. identify the question that candices experiment can best answer. does linen fabric turn darker than cotton fabric when soaked in a mixture of black dye and water? does fabric turn darker when soaked in a mixture of black dye and water for 15 minutes compared to 30 minutes?

Explanation:

Candice compared linen and cotton fabric's darkness after soaking in the same dye - water mixture for the same time. The experiment doesn't vary soaking time but fabric type.

Answer:

Does linen fabric turn darker than cotton fabric when soaked in a mixture of black dye and water?