Question

judith liked to make guacamole, but she could often find only unripe avocados at the grocery store. in biology class, judith learned that ripe fruits produce a gas called ethylene that can cause other fruits to ripen. judith wondered whether storing ripe bananas with unripe avocados would make the avocados ripen faster. judith prepared four paper bags with five unripe avocados in each bag. she added one ripe banana to two of the bags and no bananas to the remaining two bags. then, judith sealed all four bags. after three days, she opened each bag and counted the number of ripe avocados in each bag. which of the following was a dependent variable in this experiment? the number of ripe bananas the number of ripe avocados

Explanation:

In an experiment, the dependent variable is what is being measured or observed and is affected by the independent variable. Here, Judith is testing if storing ripe bananas with unripe avocados affects avocado - ripening. She counts the number of ripe avocados, which depends on the presence or absence of ripe bananas. The number of ripe bananas is not what she is measuring as the outcome of the experiment.

Answer:

the number of ripe avocados