Question

the passage below describes an experiment. joy prepared ten buckets, each with one gallon of boiling water and three tablespoons of black fabric dye. she 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, joy 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 the 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? is linen fabric more durable than cotton fabric when soaked in a mixture of black dye and water?

Explanation:

The experiment compares linen and cotton fabric soaked in the same black - dye and water mixture for the same time (15 minutes) and then scores their darkness. So it aims to answer which fabric turns darker.

Answer:

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